counteraccusation

noun

An accusation made in reply to another accusation.

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Meanings

nouncounteraccusation (plural counteraccusations)

plural counteraccusations

  1. An accusation made in reply to another accusation.

    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.

    2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Origin

From counter- + accusation.

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APA

counteraccusation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counteraccusation

MLA

“counteraccusation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counteraccusation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counteraccusation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counteraccusation.

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