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responsibility
[ ri-spon-suh-bil-i-tee ]
noun
- the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
Synonyms: ,
- an instance of being responsible:
The responsibility for this mess is yours!
- a particular burden of obligation upon one who is responsible:
the responsibilities of authority.
- a person or thing for which one is responsible:
A child is a responsibility to their parents.
- reliability or dependability, especially in meeting debts or payments.
responsibility
/ ɪˌɒԲəˈɪɪɪ /
noun
- the state or position of being responsible
- a person or thing for which one is responsible
- the ability or authority to act or decide on one's own, without supervision
Other Word Forms
- ԴDz··Dz····ٲ noun plural nonresponsibilities
- ··Dz····ٲ noun plural preresponsibilities
- -·Dz····ٲ noun
- ···Dz····ٲ noun plural superresponsibilities
Word History and Origins
Origin of responsibility1
Idioms and Phrases
- on one's own responsibility, on one's own initiative or authority:
He changed the order on his own responsibility.
Example Sentences
Dense and sweet and cold, it tastes like freedom and zero responsibilities.
This is no longer the tentative Torres of old, desperate to impress; this is a striker who is happy to take on all the responsibility.
One of the marshals’ responsibilities was providing protective service detail for U.S.
"I made a conscious decision, when I didn't feel well enough to focus on the football, to give Jason and all the coaches full responsibility," he said.
"I will fully take responsibility for that," says the star, who claims he was "backstage screaming" at police and promoters to get the lines moving.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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