v.
 assign responsibility for a fault or wrong to.
n.
 responsibility for a fault or wrong.
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - be to blame
 be responsible for a fault or wrong. 
    
   
  Derivative
  
    - blameable 
(US also blamable)
 adj.
  - blameful adj.
  - blameworthiness n.
  - blameworthy adj.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. blamer, blasmer, from pop. L. var. of eccles. L. blasphemare, from Gk blasphēmein (see blaspheme).