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blameable Definition


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blame
verb blamed, blaming
    1. To consider them as responsible for (something bad, wrong or undesirable).
      Example: blames himself for the accident
      Form: blame someone for something (especially)
      Form: blame something on someone
    2. To find fault with someone.
      Thesaurus: censure, condemn, rebuke, criticize, admonish, chide, take to task, reproach, reprove, upbraid, accuse, charge, indict, impute; Antonym: exonerate.
noun
    1. Responsibility for something bad, wrong or undesirable.
      Example: I refuse to take the blame
      Thesaurus: responsibility, culpability, liability, accountability.
      Form: the blame (especially)
Derivative: blamable
adj
    Idiom: be to blame for something
      To be responsible for (something bad, wrong or undesirable).
    Etymology: 13c: from French blasmer, from Latin blasphemare to blaspheme.



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