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recrimination

noun

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An accusation made in response to another accusation.

The planning meeting dissolved into recriminations about last year's mistakes.
Dictionary practice example.
A counteraccusation followed the first complaint in the garden drama when Nora accused Ben of moving her tools and Ben accused Nora of hiding his seedlings. Ben's recrimination redirected attention toward an alleged offense by Nora instead of answering whether he had moved the tools.
From A Dispute Escalates.
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