recriminate
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of recriminate
First recorded in 1595–1605; from Medieval Latin recrīminātus “accused,” past participle of recrīminārī “to accuse in turn,” from re- re- + crīmin- (stem of crīmen “accusation, blame, charge”; see crime) + -ārī, infinitive verb suffix
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“I do not condemn, I do not recriminate, and I do not criticize Minister Mandetta,” Bolsonaro told reporters at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2020
But this is all past, let us not recriminate.
From Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) by John Leighton
However, there was no time to do anything but recriminate, which the company industriously did until the sentinel again gave the signal to stand by.
From The Cock-House at Fellsgarth by Talbot Baines Reed
Michel Ardan interfered before the two enemies had time to recriminate.
From The Moon-Voyage by Jules Verne
She forbears to recriminate by discussing the question of the propriety of attempting such a reënforcement at all, as well as of the disguised and secret manner in which it was intended to be effected.
From The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Jefferson Davis
For well know I, that she could have recriminated upon me with a vengeance.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Samuel Richardson
On the other hand, Whitfield, who had been accustomed to bear reproach and face opposition, recriminated with double acrimony and greater success.
From An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2 by Alexander Hewatt
She criminated Charles, and Charles recriminated and threatened her, and for one night the palace was filled with the noise and uproar of the quarrel.
From History of King Charles the Second of England by Jacob Abbott
In November, Thomas Spurdance, one of queen Mary's servants, was brought before the chancellor of Norwich, who, among his interrogations, was severely recriminated upon by the prisoner.
From Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe
This Mr. Carlile never understood: he wounded, he disparaged, he recriminated.
From Life and Character of Richard Carlile by George Jacob Holyoake
I think it’s possible to discuss this honestly, even if it causes your wife pain, without simply berating or recriminating.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2019
The solemn voice that had croaked "S-o-m-e time!" so frequently, took to monotonous, recriminating speech.
From The Lookout Man by B. M. Bower
Recrim′inātive, Recrim′inātory, recriminating or retorting accusations or charges.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
These same passages that you stamped as recriminating, I have used an equal right to quote myself, for the purpose of showing you the folly of the accusation.
From The Public vs. M. Gustave Flaubert by Various
Recriminā′tion, the act of recriminating or returning one accusation by another: a countercharge or accusation.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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