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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
blame/bleɪm/

▶verb assign responsibility for a fault or wrong to. ▶noun responsibility for a fault or wrong.

– phrases
be to blame be responsible for a fault or wrong.

– derivatives
blameable (US also blamable) adjective,
blameful adjective,
blameworthiness noun,
blameworthy adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. blamer, blasmer, from pop. L. var. of eccles. L. blasphemare, from Gk blasphēmein (see blaspheme).

'blame' also found in these Oxford entries:

answer - blame game - blaspheme - blimey - carry - cover - culpable - door - exculpate - excuse - exonerate - fall - finesse - firing line - get - inculpate - lay - ourself - pin - point - put - self-reproach - shift - stick - thank - trouble - twit - vindicate - vituperate

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