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responsibility definition

re·spon·sibil·ity (ri spän′sə bil′ə tē)

noun pl. responsibilities -·ties

  1. condition, quality, fact, or instance of being responsible; obligation, accountability, dependability, etc.
  2. a thing or person that one is responsible for

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responsibility Synonyms

responsibility

n.

  1. State of being reliable

    trustworthiness, reliability, trustiness, dependability, dependableness, loyalty, faithfulness, capableness, capacity, efficiency, competency, uprightness, firmness, steadfastness, stability, ability; see also honesty 1.

  2. State of being accountable

    answerability, accountability, liability, culpability, amenability, blame, onus, burden, subjection, boundness, obligatoriness, incumbency, engagement, pledge, contract, constraint, restraint; see also duty 1, guilt.

    Antonyms freedom*, exemption*, immunity. *

  3. Anything for which one is accountable

    obligation, trust, charge; see duty 2.


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responsibility Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • accept: User accepts full responsibility for any use of the product.

Adjective modifier

  • parental: The exercise of parental responsibility can be restricted by a court order.

Modifies a noun

  • allowance: D. Financial implications There are no costs directly related to this report as lead member appointments do not attract a special responsibility allowance.

Possessives

  • insured: Ask your broker insured's responsibility to which included ordering.

Preposition: for

  • accuracy: TFF accepts no legal responsibility for the accuracy of information presented on the website.
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responsibility quotes

   Patriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility. Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill.

-Aldington, Richard pseudonym of  Edward Godfree

The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.

-Algren, Nelson

The papers conducted by Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook are not newspapers in the ordinary acceptance of theterm.Theyare engines of propaganda for the constantly-changing policies, desires, personal wishes, and personal likes and dislikes of two men† What the proprietorship of those papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibilityöthe prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.

-Baldwin (of Bewdley), Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl

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