Recriminate
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
To answer one accusation by a counter-charge. Thus, for defendant in a divorce suit, founded on allegations of adultery, to charge the plaintiff with adultery, is to recriminate. Counter-charges thus preferred are called recriminatory charges; and intei-posing them is recrimination.