Today's Word "recrimination"
The act of returning one charge or accusation with another
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recrimination \rih-krim-uh-NAY-shuhn\ (noun) - 1 : The act of returning one charge or accusation with another. 2 : An accusation brought by the accused against the accuser; a counter accusation.
"The endless acts of senseless recrimination engaged in by both parties in the House served to do little more than accomplish hopeless gridlock."
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Recrimination is from Medieval Latin recriminatio, from the past participle of recriminare, from Latin re-, "back, again" + criminari, "to accuse," from crimen, "accusation, charge, crime." The related verb is recriminate.
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