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:
“When one of us dies of cancer, loses her mind, or commits suicide, we must not blame her for her inability to survive an ongoing political mechanism bent on the destruction of that human being. Sanity remains defined simply by the ability to cope with insane conditions.”
—Ana Castillo (b. 1953)
“I regret. I apologize. I blame myself. I continue as before.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“You know I’d a shot her when she come runnin’ up here, but she’s got the blame best lookin’ legs I ever seen.... Well, I’ll be a suck egg mule—legs like that and can shoot too.”
—Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)