blame

English

/bleɪm/

noun
Definitions
  • Censure.
  • Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
  • Responsibility for something meriting censure.
  • (computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English blame derived from Old French blame derived from Latin *blastēmāre, blasphēmō derived from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (slander, I speak ill of, I slander).

Origin

Ancient Greek

βλασφημέω

Gloss

slander, I speak ill of, I slander

Concept
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Social and political relations

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Action/Process

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