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recrimination

/ɹiˌkɹɪməˈneɪʃən/

recrimination noun: the act of recriminating.

Noun

recrimination (countable and uncountable, plural recriminations)

  1. The act of recriminating.
  2. A counter or mutual accusation.
    • Will's figures, if correct, serve to underscore the extent of apolitical and anti-political sentiment in our community. Rather than indulge in recriminations over who "lost" the gay vote, it might be better to ask how we can redouble our efforts or re-direct our efforts to get gays and lesbians not...1983 December 31, Robert P. Wasson Jr., “"Whither BL/GPA?"—A Response”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 5

recrimination meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

recrimination in Urdu

تہمت متقابل

recrimination in Malayalam

counter- or mutual accusation
പ്രത്യാരോപണം pratyārōpaṇaṁ

recrimination in Kannada

ಮರುತೆಗಳಿಕೆ

Forms of recrimination

pluralrecriminations

Origin of recrimination

From French récrimination.

Words formed from recrimination

Questions about recrimination

What does recrimination mean?
Recrimination means the act of recriminating.
What is recrimination in Urdu?
Recrimination in Urdu is تہمت متقابل. See Recrimination meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is recrimination?
Recrimination is a noun.
How do you pronounce recrimination?
Recrimination is pronounced /ɹiˌkɹɪməˈneɪʃən/.
What is the plural of recrimination?
The plural of recrimination is recriminations.

Words near recrimination in the dictionary

  1. recriminate
  2. recriminated
  3. recriminates
  4. recriminating
  5. recriminatingly
  6. recrimination
  7. recriminations
  8. recriminative
  9. recriminator
  10. recriminators
  11. recriminatory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: recrimination (page history and authors); recrimination (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recrimination (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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