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   blame

   /bleɪm/

   verb

   • 1. feel or declare that (someone or something) is responsible for a fault or wrong: "the inquiry blamed the train driver for the accident" Similar hold responsiblehold accountablehold liableplace/lay the blame oncensurecriticizecondemnaccuse offind/consider guilty ofassign fault/liability/guilt toarchaic:inculpateascribe toattribute toimpute tolay at the door ofput down toset down toinformal:pinstickOpposite absolveforgive
   • ▪ assign the responsibility for a bad or unfortunate situation or phenomenon to (someone or something): "they blame youth crime on unemployment"

   noun

   • 1. responsibility for a fault or wrong: "his players had to take the blame for the defeat"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French blamer, blasmer (verb), from a popular Latin variant of ecclesiastical Latin blasphemare ‘reproach, revile, blaspheme’, from Greek blasphēmein (see blaspheme).

   Derivatives

   • 1. blameful adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • B

     3

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • M

     3

   • E

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