countercharge

noun

Definition of counterchargenext
as in accusation

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countercharge
  1. accusation
  2. allegation
  3. condemnation
  4. plea
  5. denunciation
  6. censure
  7. implication
Noun
  • Wiley can’t speak for long about any subject without returning to his outrage over the accusations.
    Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Despite such accusations, Martinez ended up beating Democratic State Representative Steve Pajcic.
    Allison Mashell Mitchell / Made by History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of accusation
Noun
  • Currently, Paxton, who has maintained his innocence while not publicly commenting on the allegations against him, is scheduled to be deposed in Austin on Feb. 1.
    Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The company vehemently denied the allegations and tried to label them as an attack on India and its institutions.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of allegation
Noun
  • At the end of his first term, his standing among GOP lawmakers was precarious: The Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol building led to condemnations from both sides of the aisle and his historic second impeachment.
    Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Israel has managed to destroy most of Gaza and is in the process of pulverizing parts of Lebanon to international condemnation and outrage and political and diplomatic isolation, but without facing effective efforts to rein it in.
    Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of condemnation
Noun
  • Hana Makhmalbaf delivered a final plea for these creatives to be remembered as the world moves on from those tragic events of 2021.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Just 16 of those cases resulted in a guilty plea, and in 2021, nearly $1.2 million in fines and fees were waived due to a defendant completing an alternative sentence toward ending their homelessness, according to data from the court.
    Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of plea
Noun
  • Senior Democratic lawmakers are trapped between their deep distrust of Donald Trump and their vigorous denunciations of any election challenges in the years since the Jan. 6 attack.
    Justin Green, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
  • In the course of it, nearly everyone seemed to agree that there was a problem with Lewis, and he was subjected to a series of heated denunciations.
    Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of denunciation
Noun
  • Heinz removed the censure from his request and put forth a motion requesting investigations by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office and the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona into the sheriff's actions.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Bartomeu resigned from the Barca presidency in October 2020 after a motion of censure, which Font helped organise, received more than 20,000 signatures from club members.
    Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
Definition of censure
Noun
  • In today’s opinions newsletter: Who might run the federal government, a cushy bonus for a former University of Arizona president and the moral implications of mass deportation.
    Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Germany's deepening political crisis has added uncertainty for companies grappling with growing trade tensions with China and implications of the U.S. presidential election victory of Donald Trump.
    Nick Carey, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of implication
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“Countercharge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countercharge. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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