Word: attribution
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: at
tri
bu
tion
Definition: A legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the tortious or criminal act.
Morphemes:
Affix: attribute
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: attributus
Language: la
Decoded: attributus
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: assigned, allotted
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.