attribute (responsibility or fault) to something He imputed his subpar performance on the test to a combination of stress and poor sleep. to attribute to someone attribute or credit to attribute discredit (v.) to ascribe, blame (The CEO imputed the many typos in the letter to his lazy secretary.) to attribute the fault to; relate to a particular cause or source to assign credit, often of guilt or blame Credit, attribute; lay blame or responsibility for (sometimes falsely) to attribute an action to particular person or group to attribute or ascribe a quality, especially a fault, to a person. à¦¦à§à¦· à¦à¦¾à¦ªà¦¾à¦¨à§ impute verb à¦à¦­à¦¿à¦¯à§à¦à§à¦¤ à¦à¦°à¦¾ accuse, delate, incriminate, charge, indict, impute à¦à¦°à§à¦¾à¦ª à¦à¦°à¦¾ put on, put, put down, impose, ascribe, impute à¦¦à§à¦¾à¦·à§ à¦à¦°à¦¾ impute, inculpate. represent (something, especially something undesirable) as being done or possessed by someone; attribute. \\"the crimes imputed to Richard\\" synonyms: attribute, ascribe, assign, credit, accredit, Definition of Impute to lay the responsibility or blame on someone else Examples of Impute in a sentence It was wrong of me to impute you for the failure of the dinner party when I was the one who did not properly plan the event. Although Jake cannot impute anyone else for the robbery, he will not admit to committing the crime himself. On Monday, Ellen will impute her failure to complete the project on her malfunctioning computer. Even though my sister had broken the window, she tried to impute the damage onto me. Rather than impute his brother, Harry will accept blame for a crime he did not commit. The defense attorney\\'s job is to impute anyone other than his client so the jury will respond with a \\"not guilty\\" verdict. When the singer was asked about her awful performance, she tried to impute her mistakes to nervousness. The foolish drunk driver tried to impute the accident on the bartender who made the strong drinks. When my daughter received a failing grade in her math class, she attempted to impute her instructor\\'s teaching skills. How dare you try to impute my work to cover up for your own lack of progress!