Countering one charge with another:
— Recriminatory arguments.

synonym: recriminative.

Roget 938: accusing etc. v.; accusatory, accusative; imputative, denunciatory; recriminatory, criminatory^†.    accused etc. v.; suspected; under suspicion, under a cloud, under surveillance; in custody, in detention; in the lockup, in the watch house, in the house of detention.    accusable, imputable; indefensible, inexcusable; unpardonable, unjustifiable; vicious etc. 845.    ... show more