[bleɪm], (Verb)

Definitions:
- feel or declare that (someone or something) is responsible for a fault or wrong
(e.g: the inquiry blamed the train driver for the accident)


Phrases:
- I don't blame you
- be to blame
- have only oneself to blame

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French blamer, blasmer (verb), from a popular Latin variant of ecclesiastical Latin blasphemare ‘reproach, revile, blaspheme’, from Greek blasphēmein (see blaspheme)

[bleɪm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- responsibility for a fault or wrong
(e.g: his players had to take the blame for the defeat)


Phrases:
- I don't blame you
- be to blame
- have only oneself to blame

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French blamer, blasmer (verb), from a popular Latin variant of ecclesiastical Latin blasphemare ‘reproach, revile, blaspheme’, from Greek blasphēmein (see blaspheme)