From responsible + -ity.

• (British) IPA: /ɹɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, enPR: rĭ-spŏn'sə-bĭlʹĭ-tē
• (America) IPA: /ɹɪˌspɑn.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [ɹɪˌspɑn.səˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]

responsibility

1. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable. [from 18th c.]

   Responsibility is a heavy burden.

2. The state of being liable, culpable, or responsible for something in particular.
3. A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.

   Why didn't you clean the house? That was your responsibility!

   • April 12 1945, Harry S. Truman, Address before a Joint Session of the Congress:

     The responsibility of the great states is to serve and not to dominate the world

   • 1961 May 9, Newton N. Minow, Television and the Public Interest:

     If parents, teachers, and ministers conducted their responsibilities by following the ratings, children would have a steady diet of ice cream, school holidays, and no Sunday school.

   1. The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion.
   2. The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to someone’s possession or supervision.

• responsibleness (may be considered nonstandard)

• see respond

• French: responsabilité
• German: Verantwortung, Verantwortlichkeit
• Italian: responsabilità
• Portuguese: responsabilidade
• Russian: отве́тственность
• Spanish: responsabilidad

• French: responsabilité
• German: Verantwortung
• Italian: responsabilità
• Portuguese: responsabilidade
• Russian: отве́тственность
• Spanish: responsabilidad