recrimination
20
8.3
- noun
- /rɪˌkrɪməˈneɪʃən/
- Formal
:
recriminación
- During their heated argument, the two lawyers exchanged harsh recriminations about each other's tactics.
- mutual recriminations
- bitter recriminations
- self-recrimination
He faces tremendous recrimination at UCSF for having gone this commercial route.
- He faces tremendous recrimination at UCSF for having gone this commercial route.
- Guys, I don't talk about politics on a channel because I don't care enough about the various arguments and the recriminations and the finger pointing.
- So I, I don't have the same disgust or recriminations for it that most people have when they look at people who take drugs.
Examples
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You see, this is why we're calling this to an end, because this is turning out to be nothing but a series of bitter recriminations.
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When things blow up in Elaine's lab, we never spend very much time on recrimination and negative energy.
Fiction book (2002) -
But with each new death of a constable came more recrimination and violence.
Fiction book (1994) -
Yeah, well, six months of finger pointing and recrimination happened.
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I started to tell them to lay off the detective stuff, but the possibility for recrimination seemed immense.
Fiction book (1991) -
Lots of support, no recriminations, none of that stuff about making your bed and lying in it.
Fiction book (1997) -
We should feel no more danger of recrimination or risk of censure than a young child.
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It is my hope that tonight we can create a forum... where people can talk freely without fear of recrimination.
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When husband and wife did finally meet, between William's journeyings, recrimination was followed by tearful reconciliation.
Academic text (1999) -
Another three weeks passed; heat, thirst, and recriminations further sapped morale.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
23
7.2
A remark that shows criticism or disappointment in someone's actions
9
4.8
Making unfair personal attacks to damage someone's reputation in politics
7
7.5
An accusation that someone committed a crime
4
8.0
An accusation that someone makes in reply to shift blame
Antonyms
How Accusatory
- Formal
6
8.4
12
7.4
- Formal
20
8.3
394
3.1
- Literature
579
4.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
recrimination = recriminate (opaque) = re + crimin + ate + ion
The noun is a straightforward nominalization of the verb 'recriminate', meaning the act or process of making counteraccusations.
Etymology
Recrimination comes from the parts re- meaning 'back' and crimen meaning 'accusation' or 'crime', like in the word crime. So a recrimination is an accusation sent back to the person who accused you, which is why it means people blaming each other.