Definition of: blame

(blām) v.t. blamed, blam·ing
1. To accuse of fault or error: often with for.
2. To find fault with; reproach.
3. To place the responsibility for (an action or error): with on.
—to be to blame To be at fault.
—noun Faultfinding; censure; also, the fault; culpability. See synonyms under ANIMADVERSION. [<OF blasmer <LL blasphemare revile, reproach <Gk. blasphēmeein. Doublet of BLASPHEME.] Synonyms (verb): censure, chide, condemn, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprobate, reprove. We blame a person for a fault, or lay the blame upon him. See CONDEMN, REPROVE. Compare ARRAIGN. Antonyms: acquit, approve, eulogize, exculpate, exonerate, extol, laud, praise.