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Meaning of blame | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR A2 Frequent
bleɪm

Definitions

  1. Censure.
    uncountable
  2. fault
  3. Censure
  4. Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
    uncountable
  5. to blame, responsible; at fault; culpable.
  6. guilt
  7. Culpability for something negative or undesirable
  8. Responsibility for something meriting censure.
    uncountable
  9. the responsibility (for something bad). He takes the blame for everything that goes wrong. blaam, skuld يَضَعُ المسؤوليَّةَ على، يُلْقي اللوْمَ عَلى отговорност culpa vina, zodpovědnost die Verantwortung skyld η ευθύνη για κτ. κακό που έχει γίνει culpa, responsabilidad süü تقصیر vastuu responsabilitéאשמה दोष krivnja felelősség tanggung jawab sök, ábyrgð colpa, responsabilità 責め 책임 kaltė vaina; atbildība sanggup dipertanggungjawabkan schuldskyldwina نیمګړتیا culpa răspundere вина vina odgovorn...
  10. Responsibility for something meriting censure
  11. A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.
    uncountable
  12. innocent. a blameless life. onberispelike, onskuldige بَريء، طاهِر невинен irrepreensível bezúhonný, nevinný tadellos pletfri άψογοςinocente; intachable, irreprochable laitmatu بی تقصیر؛ بی عیب viaton irréproachable חף מפשע निर्दोष nevin ártatlan tak bersalah saklaus; ámælislaus irreprensibile 非難するところのない 결백한 nepriekaištingas nevainojams tak bersalah onberispelijkuklanderlig; uskyldigniewinny بی نیمګړتیاوو، بی عیبه irrepreensível ireproşabil безупречный bezúhonný vzoren nevin oklanderlig, osky...
  13. third-person singular present indicative
  14. A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code
  15. To consider responsible for a misdeed, failure, or undesirable outcome: blamed the coach for the loss; blamed alcohol for his bad behavior.
  16. second-person singular imperative
  17. 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)
  18. To find fault with; criticize: I can't blame you for wanting your fair share.
  19. To place responsibility for (something): blamed the crisis on poor planning.
  20. The state of being responsible for a fault or error; culpability.
  21. Censure; condemnation: "Hoover hazarded more in the way of federal response to economic crisis than any president before him, but his efforts were not enough to divert the blame and wrath of the American people" (Michael B. Stoff).
  22. Deserving censure or disapproval; at fault: an investigation to determine who was to blame for the leak.
  23. Being the cause or source of something: A freak storm was to blame for the power outage.

Equivalents

العربية لام لم لوم ملامة
Български вина виня обвинявам
Bosanski krivda
Català culpa culpar
Čeština obviňovat vinit
Gàidhlig coire cron
Galego culpar inculpar
עברית אשמה האשים
Hrvatski krivda
Magyar hibáztat okol
Հայերեն մեղադրել մեղք
Bahasa Indonesia menuduh menyalahi
Italiano biasimare colpa dare torto incolpare
ខ្មែរ ទោស
Kurdî sûc wîna دوش
Latina culpo
Македонски обвини обвинува
Nederlands beschuldigen schuld verwijten wijten
Polski obwiniać obwinić wina winić
Português culpa culpar
Română blama inculpa învinovăți învinui
Slovenščina krivda
Српски krivda
Svenska klandra skuld skylla
ไทย โทษ
Türkçe suç suçlamak
اردو دوش
Tiếng Việt loi

Examples

“Blame came from all directions.”
“The blame for starting the fire lies with the arsonist.”
“They accepted the blame, but it was an accident.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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