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[ri-spon-suh-bil-i-tee]

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noun, plural -ties.

the state or fact of being responsible.

an instance of being responsible: The responsibility for this mess is yours!

a particular burden of obligation upon one who is responsible: the responsibilities of authority.

a person or thing for which one is responsible: A child is a responsibility to its parents.

reliability or dependability, especially in meeting debts or payments.

Idiom

on one's own responsibility, on one's own initiative or authority: He changed the order on his own responsibility.

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Origin:
1780–90; respons(ible) + -ibility

Related forms

non·re·spon·si·bil·i·ty, noun, plural -ties.

pre·re·spon·si·bil·i·ty, noun, plural -ties.

self-re·spon·si·bil·i·ty, noun

su·per·re·spon·si·bil·i·ty, noun, plural -ties.

Synonyms
1. answerability, accountability.

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Judges find that some states are failing to meet their responsibilities as they try to close spending gaps.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:.

Brazil has never been in a better position to meet the challenges ahead and is fully aware of its growing global responsibilities.

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Judges find that some states are failing to meet their responsibilities as they try to close spending gaps.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:.

Brazil has never been in a better position to meet the challenges ahead and is fully aware of its growing global responsibilities.

Responsibilities will primarily focus on rights clearance and contract management.

With a baby's birth, parents become flooded with new responsibilities and emotions.

They use different technology, have different responsibilities and are managed by separate offices.

Here she can steal away from her domestic responsibilities to write, study, and pursue breaking news stories for.

Responsibilities referring to commanders and similar terms are equally applicable to equivalent.

Sherman properly focuses on board responsibilities and board/ staff relations.

Responsibilities in both undergraduate and graduate athletic training education programs.

Councils have begun picking up responsibilities that were abandoned by the government.

Clearly establish roles and responsibilities between a few coordinators and meet regularly for event planning.

They also move into management positions and have additional responsibilities at work.

That's good, because she has many activities beyond family responsibilities.

But the suggested changes would bring an extensive array of new responsibilities to webmasters.

Jones, president of the investment management division, to the additional responsibilities of leading the.

Responsibilities will include teaching and research related to chronic disease and epidemiological aspects of physical activity.

European politicians' responsibilities do not stop there.

Create a list of backyard responsibilities for each member of the family to do and rotate jobs each month.

To address the communications demand, some researchers have suggested expanding the responsibilities of nurses and other.

Here she can steal away from her domestic responsibilities to write, study, and pursue breaking news stories.

Responsibilities include daily production support for the software and hardware infrastructure and mentoring of junior employees.

We shold not expect their offspring to add caregiving to all their other responsibilities.

Initial teaching responsibilities will include sophomore level genetics and junior/senior level molecular biology.

But men without qualifications or jobs are less able to take on the responsibilities of parenthood.

The discipline is great and learning responsibilities is also a plus but also learning the freedom of choice would be wonderful.

The responsibilities of pharmacists in this regard are murky.

Here she can steal away from her domestic responsibilities to write, study, and pursue breaking news.

Many countries also agree that freedom of expression carries with it responsibilities and has limits.

John had varied responsibilities which he fulfilled with warmth and style.

Possesses the ability to manage a variety of responsibilities with energy, flexibility, and attention to detail.

They say only such a drastic measure can force men to take their responsibilities.

Discuss with your child that you are part of a community, and that members of a community have many rights and responsibilities.

But traditionally, such responsibilities have fallen to local and regional officials.

When the machinery is humming, the real kick comes in watching ordinary people handle their extraordinary responsibilities.

Can balancing the responsibilities of motherhood and medicine bring out the best in.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, teaching graduate and.

In my view, this shift in power must be accompanied by a shift in global responsibilities.

All the time, he really recognizes his responsibilities and he carries himself so elegantly.

Only if the mother died did the father have to take over feeding responsibilities.

The scope of responsibilities will span the entire system.

Many who know both bankers said the split of responsibilities naturally followed from their different characters.

Additional responsibilities include academic advising of biology majors and service on department/college committees.

Similarly, the state's responsibilities have grown since the previous budget cycle.

Gagneux says biomedical researchers have special ethical responsibilities toward great apes.

We're not going to have any search for scapegoats the final responsibilities of any failure are mine, and mine alone.

They work longer hours and have more responsibilities than those at the bottom of the bureaucratic hierarchy.

Last weekend his double responsibilities almost wiped him out.

Responsibilities include one writing-intensive first-year course.

In every emerging market women bear the lioness's share of family responsibilities.

We laugh, we're silly, and we're blissfully free of our responsibilities to anyone but ourselves.

She was living in poverty and poor health and had a great number of responsibilities.

With his promotion had come the stress of new responsibilities and frequent travel.

Strachan dedicated his life's work to promoting social and moral responsibilities to human communities and natural ecosystems.

Additional responsibilities include library instruction and oversight of library exhibits.

It's a shame that the father is not owning up to his responsibilities.

They are always looking for ways to avoid their responsibilities and have to be sued into action.

They are relieved of many of the responsibilities that men are required to perform.

Teaching responsibilities will include online and/or courses at off-campus locations.

He reaches his goals by working hard and being willing to take on new responsibilities.

Having said that, sharing child care responsibilities is not the same as arbitrarily doing away with the concept of parenthood.

Dunn's responsibilities immediately, the company said.

Primary responsibilities include continuing an active research agenda, teaching and advising undergraduate and graduate students.

Females usually lay two eggs, and the mating pair shares incubation responsibilities.

Children and young adults with responsibilities come first, and old people come last.

You've been on the job six weeks, and your responsibilities aren't what the boss said they would be.

Sardinian women have a reputation for taking on the stress of these responsibilities.

Governments can't handle the responsibilities they already have.

Two people whose dating lives had both been interrupted by other responsibilities find each other.

In addition to that, read all you can on the the responsibilities of being a good dog owner.

For example, my shift in the chemistry lab and at the computer doing shipboard responsibilities is from midnight to noon.

Workplace bullying of any kind is often accompanied by an abdication of managerial responsibilities.

Dudley argues that his responsibilities are to his family, and that he owes everyone a swift, clean exit.

Most rights worth having come with responsibilities.

If/when climate changes occur, it will be the responsibilities of the individual nations to prepare to adapt or not.

These adoptive parents enjoy full parental rights and responsibilities.

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Word Origin & History

responsibility

"condition of being responsible," 1787, from responsible + -ity.

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"The judges did the punishing, the criminals paid for their crimes and I, free of responsibilities, removed from judgment and from punishment, I ruled, freely, in an edenic light."

-Albert Camus

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