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Antonyms for recriminate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ri-krim-uh-neyt
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈkrɪm əˌneɪt



Definition of recriminate

Origin :
  • "return one accusation with another," c.1600, from Medieval Latin recriminatus, past participle of recriminari "to make charges against," from Latin re- "back, again" (see re-) + criminari "to accuse," from crimen (genitive criminis) "a charge" (see crime). Related: Recriminated; recriminating.
  • As in inveigh : verb blame, denounce
  • As in remonstrate : verb argue against
  • As in scold : verb find fault with
  • As in accuse : verb place blame for wrongdoing, fault
  • As in criminate : verb implicate
Example sentences :
  • It required the exercise of some forbearance not to recriminate.
  • Extract from : « The Professor at the Breakfast Table » by Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.)
  • But let us not recriminate; that matter is not in question now.
  • Extract from : « Paul and His Dog, v.1 (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XIII) » by Charles Paul de Kock
  • And then how I should like to recriminate and defend myself indignantly!
  • Extract from : « Pencillings by the Way » by N. Parker Willis
  • The lady soothed him and fell into thought, and did not recriminate.
  • Extract from : « A Group of Noble Dames » by Thomas Hardy
  • To recriminate now, he said, would be as exasperating as unavailable.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa Harlowe, Volume 9 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Do not let us recriminate, Lady Kirton, or on some scores I might reproach you.
  • Extract from : « Elster's Folly » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • They were beginning to recriminate, when it was thought best to finish the interview.
  • Extract from : « The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 2/2 » by Camden Pelham
  • The son of the author of the "Night Thoughts" was not old enough, when they were written, to recriminate or to be a father.
  • Extract from : « Lives of the Poets: Gay, Thomson, Young, and Others » by Samuel Johnson
  • Richard at length ceased to recriminate, and allowed his mother to talk herself to satiety.
  • Extract from : « Demos » by George Gissing
  • Experience informs us that the first defence of weak minds is to recriminate.
  • Extract from : « Biographia Literaria » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Synonyms for recriminate

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