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recrimination

nounCommon GRE wordMore R words

an accusation made in response to one received; mutual blame

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Recrimination in a sentence

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The failed project ended in bitter recriminations among the partners.

Synonyms
counteraccusationretaliationreproach
Antonyms

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Recrimination (noun) means an accusation made in response to one received; mutual blame
Here is recrimination used in an example sentence: "The failed project ended in bitter recriminations among the partners."
Common synonyms for recrimination include counteraccusation, retaliation, reproach.
Recrimination is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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