reconvención

Definitions of reconvención
  1. noun
    a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
    synonyms: alegación
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    acción, causa, contencioso, contención, demanda, enjuiciamiento, juicio, litigio, pleito, proceso, querella
    a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
  2. noun
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
    synonyms: apóstrofe, corrección, reprensión, reprobación, salmorejo
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    cante, carda, regañina, regaño, repulsa
    rebuking a person harshly
    andanada, increpación, repaso
    a severe scolding
    bronca
    a severe rebuke
    censura, reproche, vituperio
    a mild rebuke or criticism
    discurso, sermón
    a lengthy rebuke
    castigo
    a rebuke for making a mistake
    admonición, amonestación
    a firm rebuke
    autocensura, autoreproche
    the act of blaming yourself
    acusación, culpa
    a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
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    crítica, reproche
    disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings
  3. noun
    the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
    synonyms: protesta
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    comunicación
    the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
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