verb
    
    blames; blamed; blaming
    
    [+ obj] :to say or think that a person or thing is responsible for something bad that has happened
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    blame the messenger
    
    
    
    have yourself to blame
    
    If you have only yourself to blame or have no one to blame but yourself, then something is your fault and nobody else's.
    
    
    
    not blame
    
    If you say that you wouldn't/don't/can't blame someone or can hardly blame someone, you think that person has a good reason for doing something.
    
    
    
    
    
    to blame
    
    responsible for something bad :deserving to be blamed for something.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    noun
    
    [noncount] :responsibility for something that fails or is wrong
    
    
    
    
    
    usually used with the