Accrimination

//əˌkɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Accusation, recrimination. Late, Modern, archaic, countable, uncountable

    "Whereupon the Bishop of Mewes answered, / Sir, If this accrimination be levelled at me, let me, I beseech you, know my fault, while I am here to make defence."

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"Whereupon the Bishop of Mewes answered, / Sir, If this accrimination be levelled at me, let me, I beseech you, know my fault, while I am here to make defence."

Etymology

From accriminate + -ion.

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