"recriminate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈkɹɪmɪneɪt/ Audio: En-us-recriminate.oga Forms: recriminates [present, singular, third-person], recriminating [participle, present], recriminated [participle, past], recriminated [past]
Etymology: From Latin recrīminātus, past participle of recrīminō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krey-}}, {{uder|en|la|recrīminātus}} Latin recrīminātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} recriminate (third-person singular simple present recriminates, present participle recriminating, simple past and past participle recriminated)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To accuse in return, state an accusation in return, make a countercharge. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to accuse in return): esittää vastasyytös (Finnish), récriminer (French), im Gegenzug beschuldigen (German), Gegenbeschuldigungen erheben (German), gegenbeschuldigen [also, rare] (German), entgegnen (note: with a following sub-clause) (German), zurückwerfen (english: dass) (German), αντικατηγορώ (antikatigoró) (Greek), viszontvádol (Hungarian), противобвинува (protivobvinuva) (Macedonian), പ്രത്യാരോപണം (pratyārōpaṇaṁ) (Malayalam), whakawāwā (Maori), recriminar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to accuse in return",
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