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Synonyms of blame in English:

blame


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See Spanish definition of culpa

verb

1‘the inquiry blamed the train driver for the accident’

SYNONYMS
hold responsible, hold accountable, hold liable, lay the blame on, place the blame on
censure, criticize, condemn, accuse of, consider guilty of, find guilty of
assign fault to, assign guilt to, assign liability to
archaic inculpate
ANTONYMS

absolve, forgive

2‘they blame youth crime on unemployment’

SYNONYMS
ascribe to, attribute to, impute to, lay at the door of, put down to, set down to
informal pin, stick

noun

1‘he was cleared of all blame for the incident’

SYNONYMS
responsibility, guilt, accountability, liability, onus, blameworthiness, culpability, fault
censure, criticism, condemnation, recrimination
informal rap