Ĭm'pu-tā'tion, n.

[Fr. imputation, Sp. imputacion, It. imputazione, Lat. imputatio.]

1Sense 1. The act of imputing or charging; attribution; any thing imputed or charged.

If I had a suit to Master Shallow, I would humor his men with the imputation of being near their master. Shak.

2Sense 2. Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach.

Let us be careful to guard ourselves against these groundless imputations of our enemies, and to rise above them. Addison.

3Sense 3. (Theol.) The applying to the account of; the reckoning as belonging to; the attribution of personal guilt, or of penal consequences appropriate to the same, to one person or to many on account of an offense committed by another; also, a similar attribution of personal excellence, or of its appropriate rewards; as, the imputation of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ.

4Sense 4. Hint; slight notice; intimation. [Obs.] Shak.