Blame
Blame is the act of censuring, holding responsible, making negative statements about an individual or group that their action or actions are socially or morally irresponsible, the opposite of praise. When someone is morally responsible for doing something wrong their action is blameworthy. By contrast, when someone is morally responsible for doing something right, we may say that his or her action is praiseworthy. There are other senses of praise and blame that are not ethically relevant. One may praise someone's good dress sense, and blame the weather for a crop failure.
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Famous quotes containing the word blame:
“If the Barbarians are destroyed, who will we then be able to blame for the bad things?”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)
“As you would blame others, blame yourself; as you would forgive yourself, forgive others.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Well, dearie, men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability. But you can’t blame them for that, can you?”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)