counteraccusation
English
editEtymology
editFrom counter- + accusation.
Noun
editcounteraccusation (plural counteraccusations)
- 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.