responsibility
Etymology
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Etymology
From responsible + -ity.
Pronunciation- (British) IPA: /ɹɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, enPR: rĭ-spŏn'sə-bĭlʹĭ-tē
- (America) IPA: /ɹɪˌspɑn.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [ɹɪˌspɑn.səˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]
responsibility
- The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable. [from 18th c.]
- Responsibility is a heavy burden.
- The state of being liable, culpable, or responsible for something in particular.
- 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.
- The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion.
- 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
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