Definition of "imputation" in English

noun

1. The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.

2. That which has been imputed or charged.

3. Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.

4. (theology) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another.

   • the imputation of the sin of Adam
   • the imputation of the righteousness of Christ

5. Opinion; intimation; hint.

6. (statistics) The process of replacing missing data with substituted values.

7. (genetics) The statistical inference of unobserved genotypes.

8. (game theory) A distribution that is efficient and individually rational.