• to lay the blame on sy

• to blame sy for sg

• to lay the blame on sy

• he puts the blame on me

• incrimination

• bottomless pit, hell, inferno, nether regions, nether world, pit, place below, shades

• wow!

• to hold possession of, to hold sg in demesne, to hold, held, to occupy, to possess

• reasonable, valid

• deucedly, devilish

• to cool one's heels

• motivation, preamble

• justification, motivation

• to set out

• protocol

• multi-faceted, versatile

• to motivate, to reason

• explainable, justifiable

• reasoned

• to account for sg

• causeless, gratuitous, undue, unmotivated, wanton