Synonyms 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

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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

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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

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

   Antonyms:
   irresponsibility, irresponsibleness

2. province, responsibilitynoun

   the proper sphere or extent of your activities

   "it was his province to take care of himself"

   Synonyms:
   state, responsibility, province, duty, responsibleness, obligation

   Antonyms:
   irresponsibility, irresponsibleness

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"

   Synonyms:
   responsibility, province, duty, responsibleness, obligation

   Antonyms:
   irresponsibleness, irresponsibility

Matched Categories

1. • Social Control
   • Sphere
   • Trustworthiness

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1. assignment

   1. a piece of work that needs to be done regularly 2. something assigned to be read or studied

   1. his first newspaper assignment was writing obituaries 2. have you found essay writer to write an assignment for tomorrow?

   Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

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1. responsibilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   accountableness, accountability, responsibleness, liability, obligation, bounden duty

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1. responsibilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   accountability, liability, duty, trust

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1. List of paraphrases for "responsibility":

   liability, responsibilities, accountability, responsible, responsabilité, duty, onus, competence, obligation, blame, accountable, charge, liable, liabilities, duties, jurisdiction, task, responsability, accountabilities, remit, burden

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How to use Responsibility in a sentence?

1. Wade Davis:

   I think that we have to get to a space where athletes, where men in general and where parents, mentors, teachers... start to stretch and force and crack the idea of masculinity open, sports leagues have an opportunity and a responsibility to continue to widen our definitions of manhood, knowing that the more that they create spaces for people to be more themselves, the better player they'll actually be.

2. Ata Safdar:

   Today’s apology, was about acceptance of responsibility for the harm that Oxy HS( humidifier sterilizers) has caused, this is the first time we are accepting the fullest responsibility, and we are offering a complete and full apology.

3. Fritz Perls:

   To mature means to take responsibility for your life, to be on your own. Psychoanalysis fosters the infantile state by considering that the past is responsible for the illness.

4. Lamar Alexander:

   My goal is to keep the best portions of the original law and restore to states and communities the responsibility for deciding whether teachers and schools are succeeding or failing.

5. Dan Bishop:

   I don’t want to suggest that NATO is weak or should be weak or that we should abandon it in any way. But the way for it to be strengthened is for Europe to know that defending the integrity of Europe is primarily a European responsibility.