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blame 
  n 
1 responsibility for something that is wrong or deserving censure; culpability 
2 an expression of condemnation; reproof 
3 ♦ be to blame to be at fault or culpable 
  vb tr 
4 usually foll by: for to attribute responsibility to; accuse 
I blame him for the failure  
5 usually foll by: on to ascribe responsibility for (something) to 
I blame the failure on him  
6 to find fault with 
  (C12: from Old French blasmer, ultimately from Late Latin blasphemare to blaspheme) 
♦  blamable, blameable  adj 
♦  blamably, blameably  adv 

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