COUNTERACCUSATION Synonyms: 17 Similar Words

counteraccusation

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Definition of counteraccusation

as in accusation

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Mosley was initially encouraged by the judge's decision to deny the defendants' motion to dismiss, taking it as a signal her fraud accusations could have merit.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Among the allegations are accusations that senior staff berated employees in front of colleagues and made staffing decisions based on physical appearance rather than professional qualifications.

— Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of accusation

Noun

Mainly based in Romania since 2017, the pair has been under investigation since December 2022 in that country for allegations including human trafficking.

— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
The film also contains allegations that Israel is systematically destroying homes in Gaza to create a wasteland that will prevent Palestinians from ever returning.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of allegation

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Given Democrats are already talking about a third impeachment, losing the House and/or Senate would not be without personal risk for the president.

— Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2026
The era became a stress test of the system of checks and balances as Congress and the White House sparred — and ultimately led to the president’s impeachment.

— Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of impeachment

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That drew condemnation in the volatile region that remains ethnically divided more than three decades after the war, which started when Bosnia's Serbs took control over swaths of the country's territory to form their own state.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Police shot at an unarmed crowd protesting apartheid pass laws on March 21, 1960, and drew international condemnation.

— Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of condemnation

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The trial is being closely watched for its implications for other fatal high-speed crashes that don't involve drugs or alcohol.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
That would mark a decisive break from the generally low and comparatively stable inflation environment that followed the global financial crisis — heralding wide-ranging implications for investors' portfolios.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of implication

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Clancy was tried in a Massachusetts court of law, one of the few venues where defendants such as Clancy enjoy the presumption of proof for pleas of insanity, once they are allowed to make such a plea.

— Richard E. Vatz, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2026
Offering a plea deal or abandoning the prosecution The more unlikely options include the prosecution offering a plea deal to Clancy or dropping the case entirely.

— Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of plea

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Apple prefaced its reveal with a denunciation of foldables that open into a square aspect ratio.

— Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
What Assange wanted was not a system hardened against attacks, but one tied in knots, hopelessly conflicted and filled with suspicion, denunciations, and purges.

— Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

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