0 to say or think that someone or something did something wrong or is responsible for something bad happening:
Hugh blames his mother for his lack of confidence.
Hugh blames his lack of confidence on his mother.
I don't blame him for getting angry - she's being really annoying.
1 the situation in which people say or think that someone or something did something wrong or is responsible for something bad happening:
Health officials put the blame for the disease on (= say that the reason for the disease is) poor housing conditions.
They tried to pin (= put) the blame for the killing on an innocent army officer.
We want to find out what happened, not to apportion blame (= to say someone or something was wrong).
If anything goes wrong, I'll take the blame.
2 to make someone or something responsible for something:
You can’t blame the government for all your troubles.
I don't blame her for not supporting the final budget agreement.
It's tempting to blame television for the increase in crime.
They blamed their defeat on the media's one-sided reporting of the election campaign.
She blamed me for practically every mistake in the report.
It is not the job of the investigating committee to allocate blame for the disaster.
The report assigned the blame for the accident to inadequate safety regulations.
She can't accept she made a mistake and now she's trying to lay the blame on her assistant.
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