Imputation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Imputation	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Imputation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imputation n a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense); "he denied the imputation" the attribution to a source or cause; "the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imputation \Im`puta"tion\, [L. imputatio an account, a charge: cf. F. imputation.] 1. The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription; also, anything imputed or charged. Shylock. Antonio is a good man. Bassanio. Have you heard any imputation* to the contrary? --Shak. If I had a suit to Master Shallow, I would humor his men with the imputation of being near their master. --Shak. 2. Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation. Let us be careful to guard ourselves against these groundless imputation of our enemies. --Addison. 3. (Theol.) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another; as, the imputation of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ. 4. Opinion; intimation; hint.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Imputation is used to designate any action or word or thing as reckoned to a person. Thus in doctrinal language (1) the sin of Adam is imputed to all his descendants, i.e., it is reckoned as theirs, and they are dealt with therefore as guilty; (2) the righteousness of Christ is imputed to them that believe in him, or so attributed to them as to be considered their own; and (3) our sins are imputed to Christ, i.e., he assumed our "law-place," undertook to answer the demands of justice for our sins. In all these cases the nature of imputation is the same (Rom. 5:12-19; comp. Philemon 1:18, 19).