Suspicion

(sus-pīsh'un), n. [Lat. suspicio, Fr. suspicion and soupçon, O. Fr. soupeçon, Pr. sospeisso, sospecio, sospicio, suspicio, sospéita, sospiecha, Sp. sospecha, O. Sp. suspicion, Pg. sospeita, suspeita, It. sospezione, sospizione, suspizione, sospeccione, sospicione. See SUSPECT.] The act of suspecting; the imagination of the existence of something without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence at all.

Suspicious among thoughts are like bats among birds, which ever fly by twilight. Bacon.

Synonyms— Jealousy; distrust; mistrust; diffidence; doubt.