1. noun /bleɪm/
a) Censure.
Blame came from all directions.
The blame for starting the fire lies with the arsonist.
2. verb /bleɪm/
though my loue be not so lewdly bent, / As those ye blame, yet may it nought appease / My raging smart [...].
b) 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).
I covered the serious programmes too, and indeed, right from the start, I spent more time praising than blaming.
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