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| allege |
to say or claim to be true without having proof. |
| attest |
to offer evidence or give proof (often followed by "to"). [1/2 definitions] |
| challenge |
a calling into question; request for an explanation or proof. [1/6 definitions] |
| charge |
If the police charge someone with a crime, it means that the police say that this person committed this crime. When someone is charged with a crime, it is a serious and official thing. The police must show some kind of proof in order to charge someone with a crime. [1/9 definitions] |
| document |
a written or printed paper that gives factual information or proof of something. Birth certificates, marriage licenses, and passports are kinds of documents. [1/3 definitions] |
| faith |
When you have faith in something, you believe in it even though there is no proof. [1/3 definitions] |
| principle |
a law or rule that is based on testing and proof. [1/3 definitions] |
| proof |
Proof is anything that proves or shows that something is true or real. [4 definitions] |
| rumor |
a piece of information or a story passed from one person to another without any proof that it is true. [1/2 definitions] |
| seal1 |
A seal is a design that is pressed into wax, soft paper, or other soft material. Seals are used to show that a document is official. If a letter has the seal of the president on it, then this is proof that it is really from the president. [1/4 definitions] |
| show |
When one thing shows another thing, it makes it known to people, or it gives proof or evidence of something. [1/8 definitions] |
| support |
to provide proof or evidence for. [1/9 definitions] |
| supposed |
believed or thought to be a certain thing without real proof. [1/3 definitions] |
| suspicion |
A suspicion is a belief that something might be true even though there is no real proof. [1/2 definitions] |
| suspicious |
If you are suspicious, you don't have real proof but you think that something strange or bad might be happening, or you think that somebody is hiding something. If you are suspicious of someone, you have a feeling that they did something bad or secret, but you can't really be sure. Some people are suspicious often. Suspicious people don't trust other people very much. [1/3 definitions] |
| tell |
to give proof of. [1/7 definitions] |
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