Suspicion
(noun)
- The feeling or belief that something is likely to be true, without having definitive proof.
- The belief that someone is guilty of a crime or is doing something wrong without having definitive proof.
- A feeling of doubt or uncertainty about someone or something.
- A lack of trust or confidence in someone or something.
- The state of being suspected of something.
Origin:
From middle english suspicion, from old french suspicion, from latin suspiciĆ ("a looking at, a watching, a suspecting"), from suspectus, past participle of suspicere ("to look at, to watch, to suspect"), from sub- ("under") + specere ("to loo.k")
Examples:
- He had a suspicion that something was wrong.
- She had a suspicion that he was lying.
- The police had a suspicion that he was involved in the crime.
- The company had a suspicion that the employee was stealing.
- The manager had a suspicion that the employee was not working hard.