Attribution - Definition
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: attribution,
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: attribution,
ascription]