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The social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force
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responsibility
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Word definitions for responsibility in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"condition of being responsible," 1787, from responsible + -ity . Meaning "that for which one is responsible" is from 1796. Related: Responsibilities .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Responsibility may refer to: Collective responsibility Corporate social responsibility Diffusion of responsibility Diminished responsibility Duty Legal liability Legal responsibility (disambiguation) , various meanings Media responsibility Moral responsibility ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the social force that binds you to your obligations and 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"- ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Responsibility \Re*spon`si*bil"i*ty\ (r?*sp?n`s?*b?l"?*t?), n.; pl. -ties (-t?z). [Cf. F. responsabilit['e].] The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation. That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable. 2 A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable. 3 (context military English) The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion. With responsibility ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a position of responsibility ▪ Did you hold any positions of responsibility at school or university? a sense of responsibility/duty (= a feeling that you must do something because it is right ) ▪ Parents try to give ...
Usage examples of responsibility.
Fastow had picked up most of those responsibilities, with Causey taking the accounting role.
Such a list of legitimate apostrophe jobs certainly brings home to us the imbalance of responsibility that exists in the world of punctuation.
In order to save the situation, two of the guilty party, Trelat and Michel of Bourges, took the responsibility of the drawing up of the manifesto and the apposition of the signatures upon themselves.
In this conception, the NCTC should plan actions, assigning responsibilities for operational direction and execution to other agencies.
Huntsville will take responsibility for a couple, California for two or three, Mississippi for one, and Houston for its two, plus the astronaut program itself.
Schools, did not remember the broader patterns of responsibilities and kinship that operated in Barding households, and it struck her for the first time.
A fog of nostalgia had already begun to creep over those few days between Shoyo and May, before Tom and responsibility.
When Bernard next saw the other two ladies, he said to them that he was surprised at the way in which clever women incurred moral responsibilities.
There was a freshness and breeziness, too, and an exhilarating sense of emancipation from all sorts of cares and responsibilities, that almost made us feel that the years we had spent in the close, hot city, toiling and slaving, had been wasted and thrown away.
With nightfall the full weight of his responsibility fell across his back like a leaden yoke, and try as he might, Brine could not shrug it off.
Luttrel, who every minute felt the burthen of responsibility weighing heavier on him.
Legislature again has before it a Bill to bring animal experimentation, or the infliction of pain on animals, in the interest of the treatment of human beings, within law and under responsibility to law.
Deseronto, Mamo watched her daughter take on even more responsibility.
The emperor has relieved General Kwan of responsibility for the war against your indestructible armies, and surprised the Mandarinate by placing a young general from Chukei, Batu Min Ho, in command of the war.
Miss Delilah Mannering was to be her sole responsibility, caused Binnie to lower her gaze once more to her coffee cup.