Crimination
//ˌkɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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, […]"
Example
More examples"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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