[blame] vt blamed ; blam.ing [ME, fr. OF blamer, fr. LL blasphemare to blaspheme, fr. Gk blasphemein] (13c) 1: to find fault with: censure "the right to praise or ~ a literary work"
2. a: to hold responsible "they ~ me for everything" b: to place responsibility for "~s it on me" -- blam.er n -- to blame : at fault: responsible usage Use of blame in sense 2b with on has occas. been disparaged as wrong. Such disparagement is without basis; blame on occurs as frequently in carefully edited prose as blame for. Both forms are standard.
[2]blame n (13c) 1: an expression of disapproval or reproach: censure
2. a: a state of being blameworthy: culpability b archaic: fault, sin
3: responsibility for something believed to deserve censure "they must share the ~" -- blame.less adj -- blame.less.ly adv -- blame.less.ness n