countercharged
Filed opposing accusation
Countercharged is the past tense of countercharge, meaning to bring an accusation against someone who has first accused you: When she sued him for breach of contract, he countercharged that she had committed fraud.
In heraldry, countercharged describes a design where colors are reversed or exchanged across a dividing line.
Defendant's opposing lawsuit
- countersuitDefendant's lawsuit against plaintiff
- defendantParty facing charges
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- accusationClaim someone did wrong
rebuttal · litigation · allegation · indictment · response · defense · rejoinder
Herb steeped in alcohol
- fieldArea of specialty
- escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
- coat of armsHereditary symbolic emblem
- fessAdmit reluctantly, informally
pale · bend · chevron · saltire · quarterly · argent · sable · or
Occurring in turns
- reversedFlipped to opposite orientation
- invertedTurned opposite way
- mirroredReflected or duplicated inversely
- dividedSeparated into portions
bicolor · checkerboard · tessellation · interlace · motif · pattern · symmetrical · reciprocal
counterclaim
Defendant's opposing lawsuit
- countersuitDefendant's lawsuit against plaintiff
- defendantParty facing charges
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
accusation · rebuttal · litigation · allegation · indictment · response · defense · rejoinder
tincture
Herb steeped in alcohol
- fieldArea of specialty
- escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
- coat of armsHereditary symbolic emblem
fess · pale · bend · chevron · saltire · quarterly · argent · sable · or · azure
alternating
Occurring in turns
- reversedFlipped to opposite orientation
- invertedTurned opposite way
- mirroredReflected or duplicated inversely
divided · bicolor · checkerboard · tessellation · interlace · motif · pattern · symmetrical · reciprocal · interchanged
counterchargedconfessed
Admitted wrongdoing openly
owned up · conceded · submitted · acquiesced · capitulated