counteraccusation

noun

coun·​ter·​ac·​cu·​sa·​tion ˌkau̇n-tər-ˌa-kyə-ˈzā-shən 

-(ˌ)kyü-

variants or counter-accusation

plural counteraccusations or counter-accusations

: an accusation made in response to another accusation : a charge of wrongdoing or fault made toward a person or group who originally made such a charge

… the disputes, the accusations and counteraccusations, the genuine economic chasm and the presumed social divide …

—James Baldwin

… he can launch a frontal attack. In this case he deflects, re-directs and declines to answer all opposition questions, instead launching counter-accusations of his own.

—Michael Den Tandt

Word History

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined above