Definition of responsibility

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

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Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment..
Disclaim :: Disclaim (v. t.) To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject..
Dodge :: Dodge (v. t.) Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility..
Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc..
Responsibility :: Responsibility (n.) That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power..
Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Free from care, responsibility, discontent, and the like; not anxious; tranquil; as, an easy mind..
Responsibility :: Responsibility (n.) The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation..
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..
Responsible :: Responsible (a.) Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office..
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..
Release :: Release (n.) Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) Custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear..
Over :: Over (prep.) Above in authority or station; -- implying government, direction, care, attention, guard, responsibility, etc.; -- opposed to under..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To accuse; to make a charge or assertion against (a person or thing); to lay the responsibility (for something said or done) at the door of.
Hedge :: Hedge (v. i.) To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty, responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a hedge; to skulk; to slink; to shirk obligations..
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..
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..
Deny :: Deny (v. t.) To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow..
Sinecure :: Sinecure (n.) Any office or position which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labor, or active service..
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