BLAME

I. transitive verb (~d; blaming) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r, blasmer, from Late Latin blasphemare to blaspheme, from Greek blasphēmein Date: 13th century to find fault with ; censure , 2. to hold responsible , to place responsibility for , ~r noun Usage: Use of ~ in sense 2b with on has occasionally been disparaged as wrong. Such disparagement is without basis; ~ on occurs as frequently in carefully edited prose as ~ for. Both are standard. II. noun Date: 13th century an expression of disapproval or reproach ; censure , 2. a state of being ~worthy ; culpability, fault , sin , responsibility for something believed to deserve censure , ~less adjective ~lessly adverb ~lessness noun