attribution
noun/ˌæ.tɹɪˈbju.ʃən/
Etymology From Middle French attribution, from Latin attributio.
1
The act of attributing something.
2
An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.
- The attribution of the quote is widely regarded as dubious.
3
Law A legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the tortious or criminal act.
4
Archaic Authority or function assigned
- Derived terms
- attributional, attributionist, attribution theory, deattribution, microattribution, misattribution, nonattribution, not for attribution, overattribution
- Related terms
- reattribution