n. 25B6; verb
he always blames others : HOLD RESPONSIBLE, hold accountable, condemn, accuse, find/consider guilty, assign fault/liability/guilt to; archaic inculpate.
they blame youth crime on unemployment : ASCRIBE TO, attribute to, impute to, lay at the door of, put down to; informal pin.
absolve.
25B6; noun he was cleared of all blame : RESPONSIBILITY, guilt, accountability, liability, culpability, fault.