delation

1. (obsolete) Conveyance.countableobsoleteuncountable

2. (law) An accusation or charge brought against someone, especially by an informer; the act of accusing someone.Examples: "Some curious circumstances respecting delation, prison life, and autos da fe are here minutely recorded."; "Such public defiance might become Valentinian; but it could leave no room for the unworthy delation of the philosopher Maximus, which supposes some more private offence, (Zosimus, l. iv. p. 200, 201.)"; "A wise woman who was popular with her neighbours might escape delation; whereas one who had fallen out with them might find herself accused not just of charming, but even of black witchcraft."Synonyms: accusation, denunciationcountableuncountable