blame

noun

Responsibility for something meriting censure.

Culpability for something negative or undesirable.

Censure.

(computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.

verb

(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).

To censure (someone or something); to criticize.

(transitive, with "on") To assert the cause of some bad event.

(obsolete) To bring into disrepute.

adjective

euphemism of damn (intensifier)

Roots

blasphemosblam- · Greek · evil-speaking

Synonyms for blame

faultn accusev culpabilityn chargen criticizev recriminatev reprehendv condemnv reprehensionn reproachn

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