Definition of insinuation

• n. - The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
• n. - The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; -- formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.
• n. - The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
• n. - That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion; as, slander may be conveyed by insinuations.