blame.
Censure.
Meaning & usage
Censure.
Blame came from all directions.
Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
The blame for starting the fire lies with the arsonist.
Responsibility for something meriting censure.
They accepted the blame, but it was an accident.
A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English blame, borrowed from Old French blame, blasme, produced from the verb blasmer, which in turn is derived from Late Latin blastēmāre, variant of blasphēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Doublet of blaspheme. Displaced native Old English tǣling (“blame”) and tǣlan (“to blame”).
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.
To assert the cause of some bad event.
We blamed the accident on the student driver.
To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
To bring into disrepute.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English blamen, borrowed from Old French blasmer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre (“to reproach, to revile”), from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Compare blaspheme, a doublet. Overtook common use from the native wite (“to blame, accuse, reproach, suspect”) (from Middle English wīten, from Old English wītan).
euphemism of damn (intensifier)
Where this word comes from
From Middle English blamen, borrowed from Old French blasmer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre (“to reproach, to revile”), from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Compare blaspheme, a doublet. Overtook common use from the native wite (“to blame, accuse, reproach, suspect”) (from Middle English wīten, from Old English wītan).
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