imputes
Assigns blame to
Imputes is the third-person singular of impute, meaning to attribute something—usually a fault, motive, or quality—to someone.
The word carries a formal or legalistic tone: She imputes bad motives to everyone who disagrees with her.
In theology, God imputes righteousness to believers.
In statistics, to impute is to assign estimated values to missing data.
Attribute to a cause
- attributeQuality assigned to something
- assignGive as responsibility
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- accreditFormally recognize as qualified
allocate · refer · charge · attach · pin · lay · place · saddle
Assign responsibility for wrongdoing
- faultImperfection or blame
- accuseClaim someone did wrong
- chargeCost or accusation
- indictFormally charge with crime
incriminate · allege · denounce · reproach · censure · condemn · criticize · impugn
Reach by reasoning
- inferDerive by reasoning
- concludeEnd or infer
- surmiseGuess from incomplete information
- extrapolateExtend known data outward
assume · presume · conjecture · hypothesize · speculate · postulate · reason · gather
Informed guess at quantity
- interpolateEstimate intermediate values
- substituteReplacement for another
- replacePut something else there
- approximateNearly accurate but inexact
predict · model · calculate · fill · average · median · regression · missing
ascribe
Attribute to a cause
- attributeQuality assigned to something
- assignGive as responsibility
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
accredit · allocate · refer · charge · attach · pin · lay · place · saddle · affix
blame
Assign responsibility for wrongdoing
indict · incriminate · allege · denounce · reproach · censure · condemn · criticize · impugn · castigate
deduce
Reach by reasoning
extrapolate · assume · presume · conjecture · hypothesize · speculate · postulate · reason · gather · reckon
estimate
Informed guess at quantity
- interpolateEstimate intermediate values
- substituteReplacement for another
- replacePut something else there
approximate · predict · model · calculate · fill · average · median · regression · missing · dataset
imputesexonerates
Officially clears of blame
absolves · exculpates · clears · vindicates · acquits
imputesproves
Establishes truth of
demonstrates · verifies · establishes · confirms · substantiates