Accusation

Ac·cu·sa·tion

Accusation

n.
  1. The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.
    We come not by the way of accusation To taint that honor every good tongue blesses.
  2. That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge.
    [They] set up over his head his accusation.
    — Matt. xxvii. 37.