Crimination

//ˌkɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An accusation of wrongdoing, a recrimination countable, uncountable

    "1837, William Hickling Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella […] and when the ambassadors, after a fruitless attempt at negotiation, which evaporated in mutual crimination and recrimination, set out on their return to Aragon, they were twice detained, […]"

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"1837, William Hickling Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella […] and when the ambassadors, after a fruitless attempt at negotiation, which evaporated in mutual crimination and recrimination, set out on their return to Aragon, they were twice detained, […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin criminatio, criminationis.

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