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responsibility
[ ri-spon-suh-bil-i-tee ]
noun
- the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
Synonyms: ,
- 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 their parents.
- reliability or dependability, especially in meeting debts or payments.
responsibility
/ ɪˌɒԲəˈɪɪɪ /
noun
- the state or position of being responsible
- a person or thing for which one is responsible
- the ability or authority to act or decide on one's own, without supervision
Other yvlog Forms
- ԴDz··Dz····ٲ noun plural nonresponsibilities
- ··Dz····ٲ noun plural preresponsibilities
- -·Dz····ٲ noun
- ···Dz····ٲ noun plural superresponsibilities
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of responsibility1
Idioms and Phrases
- on one's own responsibility, on one's own initiative or authority:
He changed the order on his own responsibility.
Example Sentences
It is not calling for a children's social media ban, as planned in Australia, but is demanding that technology companies take more responsibility for the content channelled to young people through social media algorithms.
When he talks about contracts, Guardiola usually says it is a 'club' decision and passes on responsibility to those above him.
The territory has a government and sets its own trade policy, while the UK takes responsibility for its defence and foreign affairs.
"We had a responsibility to make sure that the budget went through, because if that budget did not go through the people of Wales would have lost five billion pounds straight away," she said.
"As with any internal pipework, this is the responsibility of homeowners to maintain, repair or replace," they added.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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