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blame
noun as in condemnation
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accusation, animadversion, arraignment, attack, attribution, castigation, censure, charge, chiding, complaint, denunciation, depreciation, diatribe, disapprobation, disapproval, disfavor, disparagement, expostulation, impeachment, implication, imputation, incrimination, inculpation, indictment, invective, objurgation, obloquy, opposition, rebuke, recrimination, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, reproof, repudiation, slur, tirade
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noun as in responsibility
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accountability, burden, culpability, fault, guilt, liability, onus
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Example Sentences
There is also enough ambiguity in the plan that either side can appear to accept it while using the course of further negotiations to sabotage it, blaming the other side for its failure.
The party that makes demands in exchange for keeping the government open – in this case the Democrats – typically gets the lion's share of the blame when a shutdown happens.
McVay could also blame former team ownership, which moved the Rams from Los Angeles to St. Louis after the 1994 season.
They appear to believe Democrats, as the side making demands in exchange for keeping the government open, will bear the brunt of the public's blame – as they have in some past shutdowns.
Firstly, they will blame the broad global economic backdrop, of trade wars, actual wars and rising government interest rates.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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