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blame
[bleym] 
verb, blamed, blam⋅ing, noun –verb (used with object)
| 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 fol. by on): I blame the accident on her. |
| 3. | Informal. blast; damn (used as a mild curse): Blame the rotten luck. |
–noun
—Idiom| 4. | an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof: The judge said he found nothing to justify blame in the accident. |
| 5. | responsibility for anything deserving of censure: We must all share the blame for this deplorable condition. |
| 6. | to blame, at fault; censurable: I am to blame for his lateness. |
Origin:
1150–1200; (v.) ME blamen < AF, OF blasmer < VL *blastēmāre, for LL blasphēmāre to blaspheme; (n.) ME < AF, OF bla(s)me, deriv. of the v.
1150–1200; (v.) ME blamen < AF, OF blasmer < VL *blastēmāre, for LL blasphēmāre to blaspheme; (n.) ME < AF, OF bla(s)me, deriv. of the v.
Related forms:
blamer, noun
Synonyms:
1, 2. reproach, reprove, reprehend, criticize. Blame, censure, condemn imply finding fault with someone or something. To blame is to hold accountable for, and disapprove because of, some error, mistake, omission, neglect, or the like: Whom do you blame for the disaster? The verb censure differs from the noun in connoting scolding or rebuking even more than adverse criticism: to censure one for extravagance. To condemn is to express an adverse (esp. legal) judgment, without recourse: to condemn conduct, a building, a person to death. 4. reprehension, condemnation, stricture, reproach, animadversion. 5. guilt, culpability, fault, sin.
1, 2. reproach, reprove, reprehend, criticize. Blame, censure, condemn imply finding fault with someone or something. To blame is to hold accountable for, and disapprove because of, some error, mistake, omission, neglect, or the like: Whom do you blame for the disaster? The verb censure differs from the noun in connoting scolding or rebuking even more than adverse criticism: to censure one for extravagance. To condemn is to express an adverse (esp. legal) judgment, without recourse: to condemn conduct, a building, a person to death. 4. reprehension, condemnation, stricture, reproach, animadversion. 5. guilt, culpability, fault, sin.
Usage note:
Some speakers avoid blame on as informal (He blamed the fight on me), preferring blame alone (He blamed me) or blame for (He blamed me for it). Since all three forms occur with equal frequency in educated usage, they may all be considered equally acceptable.
Some speakers avoid blame on as informal (He blamed the fight on me), preferring blame alone (He blamed me) or blame for (He blamed me for it). Since all three forms occur with equal frequency in educated usage, they may all be considered equally acceptable.
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| blame (blām) tr.v. blamed, blam·ing, blames
[Middle English blamen, from Old French blasmer, blamer, from Vulgar Latin *blastēmāre, alteration of Late Latin blasphēmāre, to reproach; see blaspheme.] blam'er n. Synonyms: These nouns denote a sense of responsibility for an offense. Blame stresses censure or punishment for a lapse or misdeed for which one is held accountable: The police laid the blame for the accident on the driver. |
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Blame
Blame\ (bl[=a]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blamed (bl[=a]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Blaming.] [OE. blamen, F. bl[^a]mer, OF. blasmer, fr. L. blasphemare to blaspheme, LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. blasfhmei^n to speak ill, to slander, to blaspheme, fr. bla`sfhmos evil speaking, perh, for blapsi`fhmos; bla`psis injury (fr. bla`ptein to injure) + fh`mh a saying, fr. fa`nai to say. Cf. Blaspheme, and see Fame.]1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves. --Tillotson. 2. To bring reproach upon; to blemish. [Obs.] She . . . blamed her noble blood. --Spenser. To blame, to be blamed, or deserving blame; in fault; as, the conductor was to blame for the accident. You were to blame, I must be plain with you. --Shak.Blame
Blame\, n. [OE. blame, fr. F. bl[^a]me, OF. blasme, fr. bl[^a]mer, OF. blasmer, to blame. See Blame, v.]1. An expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong; imputation of fault; censure. Let me bear the blame forever. --Gen. xiiii. 9. 2. That which is deserving of censure or disapprobation; culpability; fault; crime; sin. Holy and without blame before him in love. --Eph. i. 4. 3. Hurt; injury. [Obs.] --Spenser. Syn: Censure; reprehension; condemnation; reproach; fault; sin; crime; wrongdoing.
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Language Translation for : blame
Spanish:
culpar, responsabilizar, echar la culpa,
German:
verantwortlich machen,
Japanese:
～のせいにする
blame
c.1200, from O.Fr. blasmer "to speak evil of," from L.L. blasphemare "revile, reproach" (see blaspheme). Replaced O.E. witan.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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blame
see lay (the blame) on; to blame.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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