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
That cycle has lasted decades, a past strewn with half-cocked plans, bankruptcies, struggling businesses, recriminations, and a neighborhood that refuses to give up on itself or surrender its personality.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 May 2025
Precise evidence of Moscow’s infractions will be key to helping Ukraine and Europe respond to the inevitable wave of Russian misinformation and recrimination that may accompany a truce.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
Besides, few Norwegians wanted to talk much about the war, with recriminations over collaboration fresh.
—Heather Farmbrough, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
That team ultimately imploded in scandal and recrimination, and the Mets returned to more low-key modes of self-defeat.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 May 2025
Precise evidence of Moscow’s infractions will be key to helping Ukraine and Europe respond to the inevitable wave of Russian misinformation and recrimination that may accompany a truce.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
Besides, few Norwegians wanted to talk much about the war, with recriminations over collaboration fresh.
—Heather Farmbrough, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
That team ultimately imploded in scandal and recrimination, and the Mets returned to more low-key modes of self-defeat.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recrimination
Noun
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Those efforts often cited efforts to combat accusations of anti-semitism on campus.—
June 27,
CBS News,
27 June 2025
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Court records reviewed by the Orlando Sentinel show the seizures are the result of two forfeiture cases filed in the months after the Aug. 27 raid at The Eclipse, the Kissimmee casino prosecutors placed at the center of the accusations against Sheriff Marcos Lopez.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2025
Noun
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After leading the investigation that cleared Fleming's charges in November, Heaphy reached back out to San Jose State's university legal counsel Dustin May on Feb. 6, offering to help navigate a federal probe.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2025
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The government must meet a high burden of proof even for the charge of immigration or naturalization fraud to stand.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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“Recrimination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recrimination. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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