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responsibility

See definition of responsibility on Dictionary.com
  • nounaccountability, blame
  • nounmaturity, trustworthiness

synonyms for responsibility

  • authority
  • burden
  • duty
  • guilt
  • importance
  • liability
  • obligation
  • power
  • restraint
  • trust
  • albatross
  • amenability
  • answerability
  • care
  • charge
  • constraint
  • contract
  • culpability
  • encumbrance
  • engagement
  • fault
  • incubus
  • incumbency
  • onus
  • pledge
  • rap
  • subjection
  • boundness
  • holding the bag
  • obligatoriness
See also synonyms for: responsibilities
On this page you'll find 123 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to responsibility, such as: authority, burden, duty, guilt, importance, and liability.

antonyms for responsibility

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  • irresponsibility
  • benefit
  • blessing
  • distrust
  • exemption
  • freedom
  • immaturity
  • immunity
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How to use responsibility in a sentence

We knew we had a huge responsibility to help our customers communicate at a time when everything about communication had changed.
HOW HALLMARK IS HANDLING PANDEMIC VALENTINE’S DAYLUKE WINKIEFEBRUARY 12, 2021VOX
There’s also the added responsibility of dealing with stimulus-payment problems.
TAX SEASON 2021: A TORNADO IS COMINGMICHELLE SINGLETARYFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POST
“We don’t delegate tasks to people, we delegate responsibility — everyone knows what they’re responsible for and can be autonomous in how, when and where they deliver that work,” he said.
BUSINESSES ADOPT ‘ASYNCHRONOUS WORKING’ TO FIGHT REMOTE-WORKING FATIGUE AND ENCOURAGE CROSS-BORDER COLLABORATIONJESSICA DAVIESFEBRUARY 9, 2021DIGIDAY
Briefly, she thought about asking her parents to co-sign, but Walston said that would feel like another failure of her responsibility to take care of her daughter.
THE STIMULUS RELIEVED SHORT-TERM PAIN, BUT EVICTION’S IMPACT IS A LONG HAULKYLE SWENSONFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST
I was young and I didn’t have a lot of home responsibilities.
THE EDUCATOR FIGHTING TO RECTIFY THE ACHIEVEMENT GAPESABELLE LEEFEBRUARY 6, 2021OZY
Currently, platforms are not treated as the publisher and therefore resign any responsibility for the content that appears on their platforms.
THE FUTURE OF GOOGLE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR SEARCHPETE ECKERSLEYFEBRUARY 5, 2021SEARCH ENGINE WATCH
So we decided it was the right time for a seamless transition of responsibilities from FONZ over to the zoo.
NATIONAL ZOO TO SPLIT WITH LONGTIME PARTNER FONZMICHAEL RUANEFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST
That underscores wealthy countries’ responsibility to help developing nations get access to vaccines, Mazet says–for the benefit of the people who live there, of course, but also for the rest of the world.
WE MAY NEVER ELIMINATE COVID-19. BUT WE CAN LEARN TO LIVE WITH ITJAMIE DUCHARMEFEBRUARY 4, 2021TIME
She said that by letting him make his own decisions and suffer the consequences, he’ll build a greater sense of responsibility.
GAMESTOP’S CRAZE HAS CAUGHT THE EYE OF A NEW SET OF INVESTORS: CHILDRENHEATHER KELLYFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST
As the British Academy’s Future of the Corporation programme describes, those responsibilities relate to businesses’ roles in solving societal and environmental problems as well as making money.
THE PUBLIC TRUSTS BUSINESSES OVER GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS. BUT WE NEED BOTH TO TRYCOLIN MAYERFEBRUARY 3, 2021TIME
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