February 5th - Word of the Day - Blame
blame
[bleym]
verb, blamed, blam·ing, noun
verb (used with object)
1. to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don’t blame you for leaving him.
2. to place the responsibility for (a fault, error, etc.) (usually followed by on ): I blame the accident on her.
1. to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don’t blame you for leaving him.
2. to place the responsibility for (a fault, error, etc.) (usually followed by on ): I blame the accident on her.
3.
Informal .
blast; damn (used as a mild curse):
Blame the rotten luck.
noun
4. an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof: The judge said he found nothing to justify blame in the accident.
4. an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof: The judge said he found nothing to justify blame in the accident.
5.
responsibility for anything deserving of censure:
We must all share the blame for this deplorable condition.
Idiom
6. to blame, at fault; censurable: I am to blame for his lateness.
Idiom
6. to blame, at fault; censurable: I am to blame for his lateness.