counteraccusation

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ accusation

Noun

counteraccusation (plural counteraccusations)

1. An accusation made in reply to another accusation.
   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

     He smoked three cigarettes, dissolving his anxiety in rationalizations and counteraccusations and a fresh resolve to stay in Lithuania until he could pay his sister the $20,500 that he owed her.