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Responsibility has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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"

2

the proper sphere or extent of your activities

"it was his province to take care of himself"

3

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"

4

The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable.

"After the data breach, the CEO took full responsibility for failing to implement proper security measures."

In plain English: Responsibility is when you have to take care of something or do something because it is your job.

"It is everyone's responsibility to keep their workspace clean."

Usage: Use responsibility to describe the duty you owe someone else when an action affects them, rather than simply owning your own choices. It often pairs with verbs like accept or take to show willingness to handle a specific task or outcome.

Example Sentences
"It is everyone's responsibility to keep their workspace clean." noun
"She took full responsibility for the mistake she made during the presentation." noun
"Every student has a responsibility to complete their homework on time." noun
"It is our shared responsibility to keep our community clean and safe." noun
Related Terms
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Antonyms
irresponsibleness irresponsibility
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
social control sphere trustworthiness
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
job guardianship moral obligation noblesse oblige burden of proof civic duty filial duty imperative incumbency legal duty line of duty white man's burden prerequisite requirement ecclesiastical province fault accountability dependability

Origin

The word responsibility comes from combining the English words responsible and -ity, a formation that likely happened after its components were borrowed from French. Interestingly, later versions of this term in French and Italian actually imitated the English spelling rather than originating independently.

Rhyming Words
ity pity mity city ality arity ility acity deity whity asity icity unity hoity laity amity osity inity egoity vomity
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