blame (bl?m)tr.v. blamed, blam·ing, blames 1. To consider responsible for a misdeed, failure, or undesirable outcome: blamed the coach for the loss; blamed alcohol for his bad behavior.2. To find fault with; criticize: I can’t blame you for wanting your fair share.3. To place responsibility for (something): blamed the crisis on poor planning.n.1. The state of being responsible for a fault or error; culpability.2. Censure; condemnation: “Hoover hazarded more in the way of federal response to economic crisis than any president before him, but his efforts were not enough to divert the blame and wrath of the American people” (Michael B. Stoff).Idiom: to blame1. Deserving censure or disapproval; at fault: an investigation to determine who was to blame for the leak.2. Being the cause or source of something: A freak storm was to blame for the power outage.[Middle English blamen, from Old French blasmer, blamer, from Vulgar Latin *blast?m?re, alteration of Late Latin blasph?m?re, to reproach; see blaspheme.]blam?a·ble, blame?a·ble adj.blam?a·bly, blame?a·bly adv.blam?er n.Synonyms: blame, fault, guilt These nouns denote responsibility for an offense or error. Blame stresses the assignment of accountability and often connotes censure or criticism: The police laid the blame for the accident on the driver. Fault suggests a failure or deficiency on the part of the responsible party: It’s my own fault that I wasn’t prepared for the exam. Guilt applies to willful wrongdoing and stresses moral or legal transgression: The prosecution had evidence of the defendant’s guilt.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.blame (ble?m) n1. responsibility for something that is wrong or deserving censure; culpability2. an expression of condemnation; reproof3. be to blame to be at fault or culpablevb (tr) 4. (usually foll by for) to attribute responsibility to; accuse: I blame him for the failure. 5. (usually foll by on) to ascribe responsibility for (something) to: I blame the failure on him. 6. to find fault with[C12: from Old French blasmer, ultimately from Late Latin blasph?m?re to blaspheme] ?blamable, ?blameable adj ?blamably, ?blameably advCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014blame (ble?m) v. blamed, blam?ing, n. v.t. 1. to hold responsible: Don’t blame me for the delay. 2. to find fault with; censure: I don’t blame you for leaving. 3. to place the responsibility for (usu. fol. by on): to blame a mistake on someone. 4. blast; damn (used as a mild curse): Blame the rotten luck. n. 5. an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof. 6. responsibility for anything deserving of censure: to take the blame for an error. Idioms: to blame, responsible; at fault; culpable. [1150?1200; Middle English If you blame someone for something bad that has happened, you think that they made it happen.You can blame something on someone.If someone is to blame for something bad that has happened, they caused it.Don’t say that something is someone’s ‘blame’. You say that it is their fault.You can say that someone is at fault.Be Careful!Don’t say that someone is ‘in fault’.