1.Definition: assigning some quality or character to a person or thing

"The attribution of language to birds", "The ascription to me of honors I had not earned"

Related Noun(s):ascription

Category: General

2.Definition: assigning to a cause or source

"The attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath", "He questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso"

Related Noun(s):ascription

Category: General