blame

Definition

Examples

The manager did not blame anyone for the delay in shipping.

Word Family

Synonyms

• faulta wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
• accusebring an accusation against; level a charge against
• hold responsiblehaving a meaning similar to blame

Collocations

• Easy blame someone for mistakes
  to blame someone for mistakes, meaning to put or pin the blame on
• Medium take the blame
  to perform, accept, or undertake an action regarding the blame
• Hard shift the blame onto others
  to shift the blame onto others, meaning to make a shift in or exchange of
• Very Hard assign blame indiscriminately
  to assign blame indiscriminately, meaning to give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)