responsibility
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (3)responsibilities
- 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 — John D.Rockefeller Jr”Synonyms: dutyobligationType of social controlKinds requirement, prerequisite, job, guardianship, burden of proof, moral obligation, civic duty, white man's burden, incumbency, noblesse oblige +4 more
- the proper sphere or extent of your activities“it was his province to take care of himself”Synonyms: provinceType of sphere, domainKinds ecclesiastical province
- 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”Synonyms: responsiblenessOpposite irresponsibilityType of trustworthiness, trustinessKinds dependability, accountability, faultPart of character, fiberAttribute of responsible, irresponsible
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Translations
Noun the state of being responsible
- Spanish
- responsabilidad
- French
- responsabilité
- German
- Verantwortung
- Italian
- responsabilità
- Portuguese
- responsabilidade
- Turkish
- sorumluluk
- Russian
- отве́тственность otvétstvennostʹ
- Arabic
- مَسْؤُولِيَّة masʔūliyya
- Chinese
- 责任 zérèn
- Japanese
- 責任 sekinin
27 more languages
- Dutch
- verantwoordelijkheid
- Polish
- odpowiedzialność
- Swedish
- ansvar
- Greek
- ευθύνη efthýni
- Korean
- 책임 chaegim
- Indonesian
- tanggung jawab
- Vietnamese
- trách nhiệm
- Hungarian
- felelősség
- Portuguese (PT)
- responsabilidade
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 責任 zérèn
- Albanian
- përgjegjësi
- Catalan
- responsabilitat
- Czech
- odpovědnost
- Danish
- ansvar
- Esperanto
- respondeco
- Finnish
- vastuu
- Georgian
- პასუხისმგებლობა ṗasuxismgebloba
- Hebrew
- אַחֲרָיוּת akharayút
- Icelandic
- ábyrgð
- Latvian
- atbildība
- Lithuanian
- atsakomybė
- Malagasy
- andraikitra
- Norwegian
- ansvar
- Romanian
- responsabilitate
- Serbo-Croatian
- odgovornost
- Swahili
- daraka
- Yiddish
- אַחריות achrius
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: Cf. F. responsabilité.
1. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.
2. That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power.
3. Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
The Devil's Dictionary
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