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counteraccusation

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English

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Etymology

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From counter- +‎ accusation.

Noun

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counteraccusation (plural counteraccusations)

  1. An accusation made in reply to another accusation.
    • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
      He smoked three cigarettes, dissolving his anxiety in rationalizations and counteraccusations and a fresh resolve to stay in Lithuania until he could pay his sister the $20,500 that he owed her.