blame

1. noun /bleɪm/

a) Censure.

Blame came from all directions.

b) Culpability for something negative or undesirable.

The blame for starting the fire lies with the arsonist.

2. verb /bleɪm/

a) To censure (someone or something); to criticize.

though my loue be not so lewdly bent, / As those ye blame, yet may it nought appease / My raging smart [...].

b) 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).

I covered the serious programmes too, and indeed, right from the start, I spent more time praising than blaming.