| n. | 1. | The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause. |
| 2. | That which is ascribed or attributed. |
| Noun | 1. | attribution - 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" Synonyms: ascription |
| 2. | attribution - 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" Synonyms: ascription |