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Over :: Over (prep.) Above in authority or station; -- implying government, direction, care, attention, guard, responsibility, etc.; -- opposed to under..

Incurrence :: Incurrence (n.) The act of incurring, bringing on, or subjecting one's self to (something troublesome or burdensome); as, the incurrence of guilt, debt, responsibility, etc..

Bureaucracy :: Bureaucracy (n.) A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system..

Care :: Care (n.) Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity..

Shoulder :: Shoulder (v. t.) To take upon the shoulder or shoulders; as, to shoulder a basket; hence, to assume the burden or responsibility of; as, to shoulder blame; to shoulder a debt..

Responsible :: Responsible (a.) Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office..

Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Free from care, responsibility, discontent, and the like; not anxious; tranquil; as, an easy mind..

Responsibility :: Responsibility (n.) Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.

Disavow :: Disavow (v. t.) To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime..

Incur :: Incur (v. t.) To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to bring down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as, to incur debt, danger, displeasure/ penalty, responsibility, etc..

Dodge :: Dodge (v. t.) Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility..

Deny :: Deny (v. t.) To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow..

Insanity :: Insanity (n.) Such a mental condition, as, either from the existence of delusions, or from incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong, with regard to any matter under action, does away with individual responsibility..

Care :: Care (n.) A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

Disclaim :: Disclaim (v. t.) To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject..

Lookout :: Lookout (n.) Object or duty of forethought and care; responsibility.

Kleptomania :: Kleptomania (n.) A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility..

Responsibility :: Responsibility (n.) That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power..

Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc..

Prerogative :: Prerogative (n.) An exclusive or peculiar privilege; prior and indefeasible right; fundamental and essential possession; -- used generally of an official and hereditary right which may be asserted without question, and for the exercise of which there is no responsibility or accountability as to the fact and the manner of its exercise..

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