RESPONSIBILITY

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responsibility
n. duty, obligation; accountability, liability; thing which a person is requested to do as part of a job or a role or as a legal obligation


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Responsibility
Responsibility Vox populi A duty to do/not do a thing. See Administrative responsibility, Clinical responsibility, Criminal responsibility, Sexual [more]Responsibility - Community and Resources

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responsibility
Noun
1. the social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr
(synonym) duty, obligation
(hypernym) social control
(hyponym) job
2. the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself"
(synonym) province
(hypernym) sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
(hyponym) ecclesiastical province
3. a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; "he holds a position of great responsibility"
(synonym) responsibleness
(antonym) irresponsibility, irresponsibleness
(hypernym) trustworthiness, trustiness
(hyponym) fault
(part-holonym) character, fiber, fibre
(attribute) responsible


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Responsibility
(n.)
The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.
  
 
(n.)
That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power.
  
 
(n.)
Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.
  

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