to hold responsible for wrongdoing or an undesirable state of affairs
(often + for) to hold (somebody or something) responsible for wrongdoing or an undesirable state of affairs
I blame him for everything
(+ on) to place responsibility for (something reprehensible or unfortunate) on somebody or something
to censure or find fault with (somebody)
be to blame
(often + for) to be responsible for wrongdoing or an undesirable state of affairs
I don't blame you, etc
I think you, etc are/were quite justified
blamable adj
blamably adv
blameable adj
blameably adv
blamer noun
[Old French blamer from late Latin blasphemare to blaspheme, from Greek blasphēmein]