# imputation

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɪm.pjʊˈteɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #67,526

## Definitions
1. The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
2. That which has been imputed or charged.
3. Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
4. A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another.
5. Opinion; intimation; hint.
6. The process of replacing missing data with substituted values.
7. The statistical inference of unobserved genotypes.
8. A distribution that is efficient and individually rational.

## Etymology
From Middle French imputation, from Latin imputatio.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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