n .
a bitter counteraccusation, or the act of making a bitter counter accusation 가혹한 역비난, 또는 그 행위

• Mary was full of recrimination. When I accused her of stealing my pen, she angrily accused me of begin careless, evil, and stupid.
• The word is often used in the plural. The courtroom echoed with the recriminations of the convicted defendant as he was taken off to the penitentiary.
  이 단어는 복수로도 사용된다. 피고인을 교도소로 이송하려 할 때, 법정에서는 유죄가 확정된 피고인이 (유죄를) 반박하는 목소리가 메아리쳤다.
• 동사형은 recriminate, 형용사는 recriminatory