recriminate
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- recrimination noun
- recriminative adjective
- recriminator noun
- recriminatory adjective
- unrecriminative adjective
Etymology
Origin of recriminate
First recorded in 1595–1605; from Medieval Latin recrīminātus “accused,” past participle of recrīminārī “to accuse in turn,” from re- re- + crīmin- (stem of crīmen “accusation, blame, charge”; crime ) + -ārī, infinitive verb suffix
Example Sentences
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“I do not condemn, I do not recriminate, and I do not criticize Minister Mandetta,” Bolsonaro told reporters at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia.
From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2020
Do not recriminate; that biting strain Backward and forward will saw love in twain.
From A Century of Emblems by Cautley, G. S.
All this supposes, that when the Lord would endeavour to convince them of iniquity, they did rather recriminate, and took not with their own faults.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
There they stood, face to face, each detected in his dishonor and iniquity, and on that account disqualified to recriminate upon each other, for their mutual perfidy.
From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William
At the beginning of the Fifth Night we find; Lorenzo! to recriminate is just; I grant the man is vain who writes for praise.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel
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