Countercomplaint

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A complaint raised in response to another complaint, and usually against the party that complained first

    "The latest agreement collapsed Tuesday, in a familiar cacophony of complaints and countercomplaints[…]"

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"The latest agreement collapsed Tuesday, in a familiar cacophony of complaints and countercomplaints[…]"

Etymology

From counter- + complaint.

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