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, 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, 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:
   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. Clare Bronfman:

   Your honor, I was afforded a great gift by my grandfather and father, with the gift, comes immense privilege and more importantly, tremendous responsibility. It does not come with an ability to break the law.

2. Jacinda Ardern:

   We can not simply sit back and accept that these platforms just exist and that what is said on them is not the responsibility of the place where they are published, they are the publisher. Not just the postman.

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. Jibril Rajoub:

   We have a system, a social responsibility to the families of prisoners, no matter why he is in jail.

5. Amy Basken:

   It's the right of parents to have this information, and it's the responsibility of hospitals to provide it.