Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Recrimination
Re·crim′i·na′tion (-n?′sh?n), n. [F. récrimination, LL. recriminatio.] The act of recriminating; an accusation brought by the accused against the accuser; a counter accusation.
Accusations and recriminations passed backward and forward between the contending parties. Macaulay.