recriminate
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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
But it was useless to dwell on the past or to recriminate.
From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by France, Anatole
Do not let us recriminate, Lady Kirton, or on some scores I might reproach you.
From Elster's Folly by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
They first began to fret and pine, then to murmur, and finally to recriminate.
From Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William
There they stood, face to face, each detected in his dishonor and iniquity, and on that account disqualified to recriminate upon each other, for their mutual perfidy.
From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William
In November, Thomas Spurdance, one of queen Mary's servants, was brought before the chancellor of Norwich, who, among his interrogations, was severely recriminated upon by the prisoner.
From Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by Foxe, John
She criminated Charles, and Charles recriminated and threatened her, and for one night the palace was filled with the noise and uproar of the quarrel.
From History of King Charles the Second of England by Abbott, Jacob
Conscious of my innocence, quite desperate, but confiding in my character, I accused the guilty trio; they recriminated and answered, and without clearing themselves convinced the public that I was their dissatisfied and disappointed tool.
From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
Such are some of the personalities with which Decker recriminated.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac
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 Bower, B. M.
Each now commenced giving a confused version of the affair, criminating and recriminating in a manner that only served to increase the disgrace to which it attached.
From The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
Clarissa to Miss Howe.—A recriminating conversation between her and Lovelace.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 by Richardson, Samuel
Recrim′inātive, Recrim′inātory, recriminating or retorting accusations or charges.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
