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countercomplaint en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English complaint English countercomplaint From counter- + complaint.

Meanings

  1. A complaint raised in response to another complaint, and usually against the party that complained first
    • The latest agreement collapsed Tuesday, in a familiar cacophony of complaints and countercomplaints[…] 2009 January 14, Andrew E. Kramer, “Gas Dispute Runs Deeper Than Pipes, Experts Say”, in New York Times:

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