[f. ACCUSE v. + -AL 2.] The act of accusing; accusation.
1594. R. C[arew], Godfrey of Bvlloigne (1881), 54. Ech gainst himselfe doth this accusall lay.
1821. Byron, Cain, III. i. Cain! clear thee from this horrible accusal.
1860. Introd. Autobiog. Leigh Hunt, 9. To him the shocking part of these accusals lay in their uncharitableness.
1878. Geo. Eliot, Coll. Breakf. Party, 707. Your accusal, Rosencranz, that art Shares in the dread and weakness of the time.
