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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
Turkey has continued to shell targets across Iraqi Kurdistan, while the PKK claimed responsibility for downing a Turkish drone last month.
He added there was "no dispute" Mr Mears caused the injuries to Mrs Flynn and that he had accepted responsibility for her death.
The military said the deputy commander of the reconnaissance battalion was dismissed "due to his responsibilities as the field commander in this incident and for providing an incomplete and inaccurate report during the debrief".
Shortly after the attack, the so-called South Armagh Republican Action Force claimed responsibility for it.
“So, I don’t really have an opinion on that. That’s above my responsibilities. It’s just unfortunate it happened to Baeza this year.”
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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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