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recriminate

[ri-krim-uh-nayt] / rɪˈkrɪm əˌneɪt /






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“I do not condemn, I do not recriminate, and I do not criticize Minister Mandetta,” Bolsonaro told reporters at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2020

Do not recriminate; that biting strain Backward and forward will saw love in twain.

From A Century of Emblems by G. S. Cautley

And then how I should like to recriminate and defend myself indignantly!

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis

Michel Ardan interfered before the two enemies had time to recriminate.

From The Moon-Voyage by Jules Verne

You know, my dear, the room he had given me to recriminate upon him in twenty instances.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Samuel Richardson

The Lutherans, were not behind hand with their adversaries, in acrimony, of style; they recriminated with vehemence, and charged their accusers with instances of misconduct, different in kind, but equally condemnable.

From The Life of Hugo Grotius With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands by Charles Butler

On the other hand, Whitfield, who had been accustomed to bear reproach and face opposition, recriminated with double acrimony and greater success.

From An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2 by Alexander Hewatt

For well know I, that she could have recriminated upon me with a vengeance.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Samuel Richardson

Such are some of the personalities with which Decker recriminated.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli

He complains especially of his tutors, and in one case with abundant reason; but, by his own confession, they might have recriminated with justice, for he indulged in gay society, and kept late hours.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various

I think it’s possible to discuss this honestly, even if it causes your wife pain, without simply berating or recriminating.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2019

The solemn voice that had croaked "S-o-m-e time!" so frequently, took to monotonous, recriminating speech.

From The Lookout Man by B. M. Bower

But the pious archbishop made answer that he never would inflame a dispute by recriminating against a brother, whatever might have seemed prudent to be done at another season.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe

Recriminā′tion, the act of recriminating or returning one accusation by another: a countercharge or accusation.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

He will never dream of recriminating a past which was dictated by such imperious necessities.

From The Psychology of Revolution by Gustave Le Bon


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