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recrimination

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ɹiˌkɹɪməˈneɪʃən/
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  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 K R IH2 M IH0 N EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of recriminating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A counter or mutual accusation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

mutual accusations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: accusation, accusal

History

Etymology

From French récrimination.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: vastasyytös — act of recriminating
  • German: Erheben einer Gegenbeschuldigung — act of recriminating
  • Greek: αντέγκληση (antégklisi) — act of recriminating
  • Hungarian: viszonvád — act of recriminating
  • Hungarian: viszontvád — act of recriminating
  • Icelandic: gagnásökun — act of recriminating
  • Icelandic: gagnsök — act of recriminating
  • Macedonian: противобвинување (protivobvinuvanje) — act of recriminating
  • Manx: cassid — act of recriminating
  • Manx: aachassid — act of recriminating
  • Polish: rekryminacja — act of recriminating
  • Finnish: vastasyytös — counter- or mutual accusation
  • Finnish: syyttely — counter- or mutual accusation
  • German: Gegenbeschuldigung — counter- or mutual accusation
  • German: gegenseitige Beschuldigung — counter- or mutual accusation
  • Greek: αντέγκληση (antégklisi) — counter- or mutual accusation
  • Greek: αντικατηγορία (antikatigoría) — counter- or mutual accusation
  • Greek: αλληλοκατηγορία (allilokatigoría) — counter- or mutual accusation
  • Hungarian: kölcsönös vádaskodás — counter- or mutual accusation
  • Macedonian: противобвинување (protivobvinuvanje) — counter- or mutual accusation
  • Malayalam: പ്രത്യാരോപണം (pratyārōpaṇaṁ) — counter- or mutual accusation
  • Polish: rekryminacja — counter- or mutual accusation
  • Russian: встречное обвинение (vstrečnoje obvinenije) — counter- or mutual accusation