<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>act of suspecting.</li><li>the state of mind or feeling of one who suspects: Suspicion kept him awake all night long.</li><li>Synonyms: misgiving, mistrust, doubt.</li><li>an instance of suspecting something or someone.</li><li>state of being suspected: under suspicion; above suspicion.</li><li>imagination of anything to be the case or to be likely; a vague notion of something.</li><li>a slight trace, hint, or suggestion: a suspicion of a smile.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) Nonstandard. to suspect.</li></ul>