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How to spell blame

Blame is spelled B-L-A-M-E.

hear itblame/bleɪm/verbSounds

What it means: To hold someone responsible for something.

In a sentence: We should not blame others for our mistakes.

Same family: blameful, blameless, blamed, blaming, blameworthy. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Blame comes from Old French 'blamer', meaning ‘to criticize’ or ‘to reproach’, which itself traces back to Latin ‘blasphemare’, also the source of the English word ‘blaspheme’. Over time, the meaning narrowed from general criticism to specifically saying someone is responsible for a wrong.

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