## Meanings
1. A feeling that something is wrong or that someone has done something bad, without clear proof.
2. A belief or feeling that something is probably true.
3. A very small amount or slight sign of something.

## Examples
- The neighbours watched the empty house with growing suspicion.
- I had a suspicion that she would be late again.
- There was just a suspicion of a smile on his face.

## Synonyms
- inkling

## Derived Forms
- suspect
- suspicious

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *speḱ-
- Root: suspecioun
- Root: suspicio

## Etymology
From Middle English suspecioun, borrowed from Latin suspīciō, suspīciōnem, from suspicere, from sub- (“up to”) with specere (“to look at”). Perhaps partly through the influence of Old French sospeçon (or rather the Anglo-Norman form suspecioun). Equivalent to suspect + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Suspicion is from Middle English suspecioun, borrowed from Latin suspīciō, suspīciōnem, from suspicere, from sub- (“up to”) with specere (“to look at”). Perhaps partly through the influence of Old French sospeçon (or rather the Anglo-Norman form suspecioun). Equivalent to suspect + -ion. In present-day use, it can mean a feeling that something is wrong or that someone has done something bad, without clear proof, or a belief or feeling that something is probably true.

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