blame
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1.0
- noun
- /bleɪm/
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culpa
- The teacher took the blame for the mistake in the exam results.
- lay the blame
- place the blame
- take the blame
I don't think blame is a good thing.
- I don't think blame is a good thing.
- For many survivors, self blame is a lifetime issue.
- So they'll shut it down through blame shifting and shaming.
- But you know, not to take the blame for your child.
- And that that I think the, the, the blame lies with the administration.
- Eisenhower had written a note taking total blame for the failure of D-Day.
- I'll say I'll take the blame because I didn't.
- And I don't place that blame on the artisans drawing them.
- They, they, it's a constant process of trying to transfer the blame down to you, right?
- The second thing that Kamala Harris has to do is shift the blame away from herself.
- Those were important stories, like stories of grief and blame and stories of loss.
- But some kids need a lot of blame, a lot of criticism.
Examples
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I don't think blame is a good thing.
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No one's putting the blame on him or any of the other players.
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But you know, not to take the blame for your child.
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How much that blame should parents have with stuff like that?
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Maybe I share in the blame of it all.
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The "experts" would place the blame on him, but what do they really know?
Fiction book (1991) -
There is plenty of blame to go around for this lack of preparation.
Academic text (1999) -
In short, they place the blame for underdevelopment anywhere but on Latin America itself.
Academic text (2011) -
Jodi, for example, readily accepts the blame for much of what goes wrong in her life.
Academic text (1992) -
The committee avoided assigning blame to Vincent because they provided him with faulty records.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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2.7
A duty to do something and answer for what you do
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1.8
A mistake or personal weakness that causes people to blame someone
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6.1
Being responsible for your actions and having to explain them to other people
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7.7
Blame given to someone for a wrong act, often unfair
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8.3
Being responsible for a fault or doing something wrong
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9.9
Blame for doing something wrong, often in a legal context
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Informal
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4.8
People or groups say others caused a problem to avoid taking responsibility
How Responsible
Surface Forms
Etymology
Blame as a noun comes from the same Old French root blamer, where people would complain or speak badly about a person's actions, so blame now means the 'fault' or responsibility someone has for a bad result.