n. a charge in answer to another charge or against the accuser an attack in return
She filed a countercharge listing him as the guilty party.
She filed a countercharge listing him as the guilty party.
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retaliatory charge; answering charge; counteraccusation
original charge
3 syllables
coun-ter-charge
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