as in accusation
an angry statement in which you accuse or criticize a person who has accused or criticized you
The discussion turned into a heated debate with recriminations flying back and forth.
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Recent Examples of recrimination
The most recent bitter recriminations center on the Iran war and Israel.
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Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Those claims were later disproved by multiple findings that Iraq had no such arsenal, fueling recriminations from both political parties for years.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
In 1835, the consistory of the Church of the Prussian Union opened an official investigation into Ebel that embroiled Königsberg in recrimination and rumor.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Deranque's death triggered a storm of recriminations, mostly blaming France Unbowed.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2026
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Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Those claims were later disproved by multiple findings that Iraq had no such arsenal, fueling recriminations from both political parties for years.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
In 1835, the consistory of the Church of the Prussian Union opened an official investigation into Ebel that embroiled Königsberg in recrimination and rumor.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Deranque's death triggered a storm of recriminations, mostly blaming France Unbowed.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recrimination
Noun
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Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), a former Swalwell ally, called for the accusations to be investigated.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Apr. 2026
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Recent revelations have shown that a top member of Orbán's government frequently shared the contents of EU discussions with Moscow, raising accusations that Hungary was acting on Russia's behalf within the bloc.—
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Arkansas Online,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Now in custody, Terry Rose headed to jail facing a murder charge.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Their results showed that the unusual absorption behavior arises from interactions between excitons, which carry energy, and charge-transfer states, where electrons move between molecules.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Ray is the broken heart of Dope Thief, and the series delivers an incrimination of the systems that failed him through his roller coaster of panic and despair.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Recrimination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recrimination. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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