D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Attribution

/ătˌ-rĭb-yo͞osh'-ən/ · At·tri·bu·tion · IPA /ˌæ.tɹɪˈbju.ʃən/
01 n. The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause.
  1. 1.
    The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause.
  2. 2.
    That which is ascribed or attributed.