crimination

crimination

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin criminatio, criminationis.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/

Noun

crimination (countable and uncountable, plural criminations)

1. An accusation of wrongdoing, a recrimination
   • 1837, William Hickling Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella

     […] and when the ambassadors, after a fruitless attempt at negotiation, which evaporated in mutual crimination and recrimination, set out on their return to Aragon, they were twice detained, […]

Related terms

• criminate

Translations

accusation of wrongdoing

Bulgarian: обвинение (bg) n (obvinenie), осъждане (bg) n (osǎždane)

Finnish: syytös (fi)