at·tri·bu·tion /ˌætrəˈbjuʃən/
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 At·tri·bu·tion 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.

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 attribution
      n 1: 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" [syn: ascription]
      2: 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" [syn: ascription]