recriminate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to answer an accusation by making a counteraccusation

   Instead of apologizing, both sides began to recriminate.

Simplified etymology

Recriminate, recorded from the early 17th century, ultimately derives from Latin cernere, “to judge,” the verb on which Latin crimen, “judgement” or “offence,” was based.

From Latin recrīminātus, past participle of recrīminō.

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