recrimination

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O madam, this recrimination is a poor resource; and to convince you how much you are mistaken, I beg leave to decline the happiness you propose me.--Madam, your servant.

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  1. noun The act of recriminating.
  2. noun A countercharge.
  3. noun Law A defense in an action for divorce in which the accused party makes a similar accusation, as of adultery or cruelty, against the plaintiff.

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  • It would be so easy to give in now to regret and self-recrimination, to rail against what was happening. —  MasterofPleasure
  • No purpose would be served by going over it again; the recrimination, the terrible, wounded silences, the soul and mind-ripping cry of, why? —  F ;SF - vol 088 issue 05 - May 1995
  • Never one to waste his time in useless self-recrimination or self-analysis, the Patryn went about his duties calmly, making the ship ready for landing. —  Death Gate Cycle 2 - Elven Star
  • She had spent the first week after his departure back to New York in a frenzy of self-recrimination, with a deep-felt need for Nick to call her to nullify all those negative thoughts. —  PregnantbytheMillionaire
  • We have yielded to acrimony, recrimination, anger and hatred, those old determined enemies of our Republic. —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
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  1. from Old French récrimination, French recrimination =Spanish recriminacion =Portuguese recriminação =Italian recriminazione, from Middle Latin recriminatio (n-), from recriminare, recriminate: see recriminate.
 

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/rəkrɪmɪˈneɪʃən/
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