Antonyms for responsibility
rɪˌspɒn səˈbɪl ɪ tire·spon·si·bil·i·ty

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1. responsibilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   responsibleness

2. responsibilitynoun

   The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable.

   Responsibility is a heavy burden.

   Synonyms:
   responsibleness

3. responsibilitynoun

   A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.

   Synonyms:
   responsibleness

4. responsibilitynoun

   The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion. With responsibility goes authority to direct and take the necessary action to ensure success. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).

   Synonyms:
   responsibleness

5. responsibilitynoun

   The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to the possession or supervision of an individual. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).

   Synonyms:
   responsibleness

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. responsibility

   Etymologically, duty is that which is owed or due; obligation, that to or by which one is bound; right, that which is correct, straight, or in the direct line of truth and goodness; responsibility, that for which one must answer. Duty and responsibility are thought of as to some person or persons; right is impersonal. One's duty may be to others or to himself; his obligations and responsibilities are to others. Duty arises from the nature of things; obligation and responsibility may be created by circumstances, as by one's own promise, or by the acceptance of a trust, etc. We speak of a parent's duty, a debtor's obligation; or of a child's duty of obedience, and a parent's responsibility for the child's welfare. Right is that which accords with the moral system of the universe. Righteousness is right incarnated in action. In a more limited sense, right may be used of what one may rightly claim, and so be the converse of duty. It is the creditor's right to demand payment, and the debtor's duty to pay. Compare BUSINESS.

   Synonyms:
   accountability, business, duty, function, obligation, office, right, righteousness

Matched Categories

1. • Social Control
   • Sphere
   • Trustworthiness

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. duty, responsibility, obligationnoun

   the social force that binds you to 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

   Antonyms:
   irresponsibility, irresponsibleness

   Synonyms:
   duty, obligation, debt instrument, responsibleness, province, indebtedness, tariff, certificate of indebtedness

2. province, responsibilitynoun

   the proper sphere or extent of your activities

   "it was his province to take care of himself"

   Antonyms:
   irresponsibility, irresponsibleness

   Synonyms:
   state, province, duty, responsibleness, obligation

3. responsibility, responsiblenessnoun

   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"

   Antonyms:
   irresponsibleness, irresponsibility

   Synonyms:
   province, duty, responsibleness, obligation

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1. responsibilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   accountability, liability, duty, trust

How to use responsibility in a sentence?

1. Hillary Clinton:

   Barack Obama is president of the United States until January 20, 2017, that is a fact, my friends, whether the Republicans like it or not. Elections have consequences. The President has a responsibility to nominate a new justice and the Senate has a responsibly to vote. And all of us Democrats, we have a responsibly to make sure a Republican doesn't win in November and rip away all of the progress we have made together.

2. Hillary Clinton:

   I think you know the answer to that, this should be a race for president. And there is a blame candidate and a responsibility candidate in this race.

3. Claude Lévi-Strauss:

   Being human signifies, for each one of us, belonging to a class, a society, a country, a continent and a civilization; and for us European earth-dwellers, the adventure played out in the heart of the New World signifies in the first place that it was not our world and that we bear responsibility for the crime of its destruction.

4. Alejandro Mayorkas:

   I could not and did not turn my back on my responsibility to address those grave problems, i made improving the program a priority and I did so in a hands-on manner, through cases, policies, and sweeping personnel and organizational changes.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   I think it is essential that we all stand up and say loudly and clearly, yes, black lives matter. And we all have a responsibility to face these hard truths about race and justice, honestly and directly.

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