recrimination
noun
re·crim·i·na·tion
ri-ˌkri-mə-ˈnā-shən 
: a retaliatory accusation
also
: the making of such accusations
endless recrimination
Examples of recrimination in a Sentence
The discussion turned into a heated debate with recriminations flying back and forth.
The meeting ended with bitterness and recrimination.
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The looming challenge to Mr. Johnson from within sparked quick recriminations from other Republicans, who accused their colleagues of sowing discord that harms their own party and its chances of success in a pivotal election for control of Congress in November.
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Carl Hulse, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
The arrival of a special counsel in Washington is exciting — Democrats and Republicans parade through news coverage, reveling in months or even years of investigation, speculation, and recrimination.
—Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
The incident has touched off a wave of recriminations in Massachusetts, where Steward owns nine hospitals, including St. Elizabeth's.
—Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
It was hoped that follow-on phases would lead to other releases, but intense fighting quickly resumed amid mutual recriminations and allegations of bad faith and violations of the agreement by both Israel and Hamas.
—Susannah George, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
In their hands, the play is above all about friendship, about how the pyrotechnics of living together—argument and consolation, recrimination and love—are a stay against an often comfortless world.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
Those recriminations, however, are less politically sensitive than the accusation that humanitarian workers could have engaged in an act of terror, an allegation being taken seriously by the U.N. leadership, the United States and the European Union.
—Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
For decades, recriminations involving drug addiction and emotional abuse flew back and forth between the two in tabloid stories and tell-all memoirs.
—Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2023
Some of that comes from watching Swift’s face register the ache, tsking recrimination.
—Wesley Morris, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
Carl Hulse, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
The arrival of a special counsel in Washington is exciting — Democrats and Republicans parade through news coverage, reveling in months or even years of investigation, speculation, and recrimination.
—Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
The incident has touched off a wave of recriminations in Massachusetts, where Steward owns nine hospitals, including St. Elizabeth's.
—Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
It was hoped that follow-on phases would lead to other releases, but intense fighting quickly resumed amid mutual recriminations and allegations of bad faith and violations of the agreement by both Israel and Hamas.
—Susannah George, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
In their hands, the play is above all about friendship, about how the pyrotechnics of living together—argument and consolation, recrimination and love—are a stay against an often comfortless world.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
Those recriminations, however, are less politically sensitive than the accusation that humanitarian workers could have engaged in an act of terror, an allegation being taken seriously by the U.N. leadership, the United States and the European Union.
—Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
For decades, recriminations involving drug addiction and emotional abuse flew back and forth between the two in tabloid stories and tell-all memoirs.
—Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2023
Some of that comes from watching Swift’s face register the ache, tsking recrimination.
—Wesley Morris, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
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