n.
- a feeling that something is possible or likely.
▸a feeling or belief that someone is guilty of an illegal or dishonest action.
- cautious distrust.
- a very slight trace:
a suspicion of a smile.
Phrase
- above suspicion
too good or honest to be thought capable of wrongdoing. - under suspicion
suspected of wrongdoing.
Etymology
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. suspeciun, from med. L. suspectio(n-), from suspicere ‘mistrust’.