counteraccusation
noun
coun·ter·ac·cu·sa·tion
| \ ˌkau̇n-tər-ˌa-kyə-ˈzā-shən
, -(ˌ)kyü-\
, -(ˌ)kyü-\
variants:
or counter-accusation
plural counteraccusations
or counter-accusations
Definition of counteraccusation
: an accusation made in response to another accusation : a charge of wrongdoing or fault made toward a person or group who originally made such a charge
… the disputes, the accusations and counteraccusations, the genuine economic chasm and the presumed social divide …— James Baldwin … he can launch a frontal attack. In this case he deflects, re-directs and declines to answer all opposition questions, instead launching counter-accusations of his own.— Michael Den Tandt
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