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Synonyms for onus
ˈoʊ nəsonus

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  1. burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onusnoun

    an onerous or difficult concern

    "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"

    Synonyms:
    preventive, lading, incumbrance, preventative, interference, payload, core, consignment, freight, lode, hitch, gist, effect, burden, loading, hinderance, cargo, essence, encumbrance, load, shipment, hindrance, warhead

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  1. List of paraphrases for "onus":

    burden, responsibility, obligation, load, liability

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How to use onus in a sentence?

  1. April Reign:

    What I’m doing is attempting to amplify the discussion, the Academy can only nominate quality work that is made, so the onus still has to be on Hollywood to put those films out there.

  2. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker:

    And part of doing this is put the onus on employers, getting them E-Verify and tools to do that. But I don't think you do it through amnesty.

  3. Zamaan Qureshi:

    We believe that any legislation addressing harm on social media should put the onus on companies to make their platforms safer, instead of preventing kids and teens from being on platforms at all.

  4. Hassan Bouhadi:

    Though the freeze did help us to protect the assets of Libyan people, we're not managing these investments ... we have cash sitting there, the onus is on us really to manage it effectively.

  5. Jeremy Ben-Ami:

    The onus is on the Prime Minister to try to repair some of the damage that's been done.


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