responsibility as a noun: 1 2 3
responsibility duty obligation social control job guardianship keeping safekeeping moral obligation noblesse oblige burden of proof civic duty civic responsibility filial duty imperative incumbency legal duty line of duty white man's burden prerequisite requirement demand requirement jump to corresponding sense entry
responsibility noun
1 responsibility The social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force:— Every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.
synonyms: duty , obligation .
Roget 926 :duty ,
what ought to be done ,
moral obligation ,
accountableness † ,
liability ,
onus ,
responsibility ;
bounden duty ,
imperative duty ;
call ,
call of duty ;
accountability .
allegiance ,
fealty ,
tie engagement
etc.
(promise)
768 part ;
function ,
calling
etc.
(business)
625 morality ,
morals ,
decalogue ;
case of conscience ;
conscientiousness
etc.
(probity)
939 conscience ,
inward monitor ,
still small voice within ,
sense of duty ,
tender conscience ,
superego ;
the hell within
[Paradise Lost].
dueness
etc.
924 propriety ,
fitness ,
seemliness ,
amenability ,
decorum ,
to prepon ;
the thing ,
the proper thing ;
the right thing to do ,
the proper thing to do .
[Science of morals]
ethics ,
ethology . ;
deontology † ,
aretology † ;
moral philosophy ,
ethical philosophy ;
casuistry ,
polity .
observance ,
fulfillment ,
discharge ,
performance ,
acquittal ,
satisfaction ,
redemption ;
good behavior .
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Dutch: verantwoordelijkheid, plicht Polish: ciężar, obowiązek, powinność
2 responsibility The proper sphere or extent of your activities.
synonym: province .
Dutch: provincie
3 responsibility 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.
synonym: responsibleness .
Dutch: responsabiliteit, verantwoordelijkheid, verantwoording
Moby thesaurus: accountability , accountableness , accounting for , action , agency , agentship , amenability , answerability , answerableness , application , arrogation , ascription , assignation , assignment , attachment , attribution , auspices , authority , authorization , blame , bossing , brevet , burden , care , charge , chargeability , commission , commissioning , commitment , conduct , connection with , consignment , credit , culpability , cure , dedication to duty , delegated authority , delegation , dependability , deputation , derivation from , devolution , devolvement , devotion to duty , direction , driving , duteousness , dutifulness , duty , embassy , empowerment , entrusting , entrustment , errand , etiology , execution , executorship , exequatur , exercise , eye , factorship , faithworthiness , fault , full power , functioning , guilt , handling , honor , imputation , incorruptibility , incumbency , intendance , inviolability , job , jurisdiction , legation , liability , license , lieutenancy , management , mandate , manipulation , mission , obligation , occupation , office , onus , operancy , operation , oversight , palaetiology , performance , performing , placement , plenipotentiary power , power of attorney , power to act , practice , procuration , proxy , purview , reference to , regency , regentship , reliability , responsibleness , role , running , saddling , sense of duty , sense of obligation , stability , steering , superintendence , supervision , sureness , surveillance , task , trust , trustability , trusteeship , trustiness , trustworthiness , unfalseness , unperfidiousness , untreacherousness , vicarious authority , warrant , work , working , workings ... show more .
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