bleɪm v. & n. --v.tr. 1
assign fault or
responsibility to. 2 (foll. by on) assign
the responsibility
for (an
error or wrong) to a
person etc. (blamed
his death on a
poor diet). --n. 1 responsibility for a
bad result; culpability (shared the blame
equally; put the blame on the bad weather). 2 the
act of blaming or attributing responsibility;
censure (she
got all the blame). øbe to blame (often foll. by for) be
responsible;
deserve censure (she is
not to blame for the accident).
have only oneself to blame be solely responsible (for
something one suffers). I don't blame
you etc. I
think your etc.
action was justifiable. øøblameable adj. [ME f. OF bla(s)mer (v.), blame (n.) f. pop.L blastemare f. eccl.L blasphemare
reproach f. Gk blasphemeo blaspheme]