1. Something alleged; an assertion: allegations of disloyalty.2. The act of alleging. 3. A statement asserting something without proof: The newspaper's charges of official wrongdoing were mere allegations.4.Law An assertion made by a party that must be proved or supported with evidence.
ETYMOLOGY:
French allégation, from Latin allgti, allgtin-, from allgtus, past participle of allgre, to dispatch, adduce : ad-, ad- + lgre, to depute; see legate.
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