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Learn to pronounce sus·pi·cion

/səˈspiSH(ə)n/
noun
  1. a feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true.
    "she had a sneaking suspicion that he was laughing at her"
    synonyms: intuition, feeling, impression, inkling, surmise, guess, conjecture, speculation, hunch, fancy, notion, supposition, view, belief, idea, conclusion, theory, thesis, hypothesis, presentiment, premonition, gut feeling, feeling in one's bones, funny feeling, sixth sense
  2. cautious distrust.
    "her activities were regarded with suspicion by the headmistress"
    synonyms: misgiving, doubt, qualm, wariness, chariness, reservation, hesitation, skepticism, lack of faith, uncertainty, question, question mark, leeriness, distrust, mistrust
  3. a very slight trace.
    "a suspicion of a smile"
    synonyms: trace, touch, suggestion, hint, soupçon, tinge, shade, whisper, whiff, bit, trifle, drop, dash, tincture, sprinkling, breath, taste, scent, shadow, glimmer, scintilla, speck, smack, jot, mite, iota, tittle, whit

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suspicion stresses lack of faith in the truth, reality, fairness, or reliability of something or someone.
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an instance of suspecting something or someone. state of being suspected: under suspicion; above suspicion.
SUSPICION meaning: 1 : a feeling that someone is possibly guilty of a crime or of doing something wrong; 2 : a feeling that something bad is likely or true.
adjective. sus·​pi·​cious sə-ˈspi-shəs. Synonyms of suspicious. 1. : tending to arouse suspicion : questionable.
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too good, honest, etc. to have done something wrong, illegal, or dishonest Nobody who was near the scene of the crime is above suspicion.
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the act or an instance of not believing or of suspecting. The clever thief did nothing to cause suspicion while the police searched his house.
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