Blame (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used with object), blamed, blam·ing.
  1. to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don't blame you for leaving him.
  2. to place the responsibility for (a fault, error, etc.) (usually followed by on): I blame the accident on her.
  3. blast; damn (used as a mild curse): Blame the rotten luck.
noun
  1. an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof: The judge said he found nothing to justify blame in the accident.
  2. responsibility for anything deserving of censure: We must all share the blame for this deplorable condition.
Idioms
  1. at fault; censurable: I am to blame for his lateness.
noun
  1. responsibility for something that is wrong or deserving censure; culpability
  2. an expression of condemnation; reproof
  3. to be at fault or culpable
verb (tr)
  1. to attribute responsibility to; accuse
  2. to ascribe responsibility for (something) to
  3. to find fault with
Blame (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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