Meaning

Censure..

Definitions by Sense

1. Censure.
2. Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
3. Responsibility for something meriting censure.
4. (computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.
5. (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).
6. (transitive, with "on") To assert the cause of some bad event.
7. To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
8. (obsolete) To bring into disrepute.

Example Sentences

Blame came from all directions.

The blame for starting the fire lies with the arsonist.

They accepted the blame, but it was an accident.

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.

These peculiarities of Dorothea's character caused Mr Brooke to be all the more blamed in neighbouring families for not securing some middle-aged lady as guide and companion to his nieces.

That was the year that Sir Richard was writing his volume on Domestic Life in Tartary. The critics all blamed it for a lack of concentration.

We blamed the accident on the student driver.

Word Forms

• blames
• blaming
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Use blame when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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