Definition of "blame" in English

noun

1. Censure.

   • Blame came from all directions.

2. Culpability for something negative or undesirable.

   • The blame for starting the fire lies with the arsonist.

3. Responsibility for something meriting censure.

   • They accepted the blame, but it was an accident.

4. (computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.

verb

1. (transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).

   • The student driver was blamed for the accident.
   • After what happened at the wedding, I wouldn't blame you if you never spoke to them again.

2. (transitive, with "on") To assert the cause of some bad event.

   • We blamed the accident on the student driver.

3. To censure (someone or something); to criticize.

4. (obsolete) To bring into disrepute.

adjective

1. euphemism of damn (intensifier)