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Blame   /bleɪm/   Listen
verb
Blame  v. t.  (past & past part. blamed; pres. part. blaming)  
1.
To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. "We have none to blame but ourselves."
2.
To bring reproach upon; to blemish. (Obs.) " She... blamed her noble blood."
To blame, to be blamed, or deserving blame; in fault; as, the conductor was to blame for the accident. "You were to blame, I must be plain with you."


noun
Blame  n.  
1.
An expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong; imputation of fault; censure. "Let me bear the blame forever."
2.
That which is deserving of censure or disapprobation; culpability; fault; crime; sin. "Holy and without blame before him in love."
3.
Hurt; injury. (Obs.)
Synonyms: Censure; reprehension; condemnation; reproach; fault; sin; crime; wrongdoing.





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"Blame" Quotes from Famous Books



... large-hearted nature flings off its royal mantle, and he talks as a man to men. "Do not blame me," he prays with a charming simplicity, "if any know Latin better than I, for every man must say what he says and do what he does according ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 5 • Various
... still shrunk from the responsibility of the deed, and preferred to perpetrate it in obedience to the suggestions of others, rather than his own. Like many an unprincipled politician, he wished to reap the benefit of a bad act, and let others take the blame ...
— History Of The Conquest Of Peru • William Hickling Prescott
... baby-in-arms, lest its repulsive ungainliness should sicken the bystanders if, leaving the shelter of a railway-rug and an armchair, it tries—unhappy brute—to walk?—Oh! I'm not angry with her. I don't blame her. I'm not surprised. I agree with her down to the ground. I sympathise and comprehend—no man more. I told her so last night—only amazed at the insane egoism that could ever have induced me to view the matter in any other light. Women are generally disposed to be hard on one ...
— The History of Sir Richard Calmady - A Romance • Lucas Malet
... she seems very happy there, and to be getting on well. She is so very unlike dear Helena, and even when at home I see but little of her; she is completely wrapped up in her unfortunate brother. Of course I don't blame her for that, but it is not natural that a girl her age should care nothing for pleasures or going out or the things natural to young people. Yes, she is certainly improving in appearance, and if she would but take some little pains about her dress ...
— Rujub, the Juggler • G. A. Henty
... book of mine; but perhaps none the less successful for that. I will not deny that I feel lonely to-day.... I have not yet had a word from England, partly, I suppose, because I have not yet written for my letters to New York; do not blame me for this neglect, if you knew all I have been through, you would wonder I had done as much as I have. I teach the ranch children reading in the morning, for the mother ...
— The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls • Jacqueline M. Overton


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