responsibility

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable.
The state of being liable, culpable, or responsible for something in particular.
A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.
The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion.
The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to someone’s possession or supervision.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ rĭ-spŏn'sə-bĭlʹĭ-tē /ɹɪˌspɑn.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/ [ɹɪˌspɑn.səˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] en-us-responsibility.ogg /ɹɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/ [ɹɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] /ɹɪˌspɔn.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/ [ɹɪˌspɔn.səˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] /ɹəˌspɒn.səˈbəl.ə.ti/ [ɹəˌspɔ̟n.səˈbəl.ə.ɾi]

Word forms

responsibility responsibilities

Etymology

From responsible + -ity. Although the components are of French origin, the compound appears to have been formed in English. Later-attested French responsabilité is modeled on the English word, and Italian responsabilità is in turn modeled on the French.

Synonyms

responsibleness guilt

Related words

respond accountability

Derived words

age of criminal responsibility chain-of-responsibility pattern command responsibility co-responsibility corporate social responsibility diminished responsibility interresponsibility irresponsibility nonresponsibility single responsibility principle social responsibility take responsibility

Translations

Albanian: përgjegjësi Arabic: مَسْؤُولِيَّة Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܸܫܬܲܐܠܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܸܬܬܓ݂ܝܼܒ݂ܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ Armenian: պատասխանատվություն Asturian: responsabilidá Azerbaijani: məsuliyyət Azerbaijani: cavabdehlik Bashkir: яуаплылыҡ Basque: erantzukizun Belarusian: адка́знасць Belarusian: абавя́зак Bengali: দায়িত্ব Bengali: কাজ Bulgarian: отгово́рност Bulgarian: задълже́ние Burmese: တာဝန် Catalan: responsabilitat Cebuano: responsibilidad Cebuano: katungdanan Chinese Cantonese: 責任 /责任 Chinese Mandarin: 責任 /责任 Czech: odpovědnost Czech: zodpovědnost Danish: ansvar Dutch: verantwoordelijkheid Esperanto: respondeco Estonian: vastutus Faroese: ábyrgd Finnish: vastuu Finnish: velvollisuus French: responsabilité Galician: responsabilidade Georgian: პასუხისმგებლობა German: Verantwortung German: Verantwortlichkeit German: Pflicht Greek: ευθύνη Greek: υποχρέωση Greek: υπευθυνότητα Hebrew: אַחֲרָיוּת Hindi: ज़िम्मेदारी Hindi: उत्तरदायित्व Hindi: दायित्व Hungarian: felelősség Hungarian: feladat Hungarian: dolog Hungarian: kötelesség Hungarian: kötelezettség Icelandic: ábyrgð Indonesian: tanggung jawab Interlingua: responsabilitate Irish: freagracht Irish: milleán Italian: responsabilità Japanese: 責任 Kazakh: жауапкершілік Khmer: ការគួរ Khmer: ការទទួលខុសត្រូវ Korean: 책임

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