Definition of responsibility

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

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Kleptomania :: Kleptomania (n.) A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility..
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..
Dodge :: Dodge (v. t.) Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility..
Care :: Care (n.) A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.
Over :: Over (prep.) Above in authority or station; -- implying government, direction, care, attention, guard, responsibility, etc.; -- opposed to under..
Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility..
Interest :: Interest (n.) Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks..
Deny :: Deny (v. t.) To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow..
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..
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..
Responsibility :: Responsibility (n.) Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.
Responsibility :: Responsibility (n.) The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation..
Disclaim :: Disclaim (v. t.) To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject..
Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc..
Responsible :: Responsible (a.) Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office..
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..
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..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) Custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty..
Lookout :: Lookout (n.) Object or duty of forethought and care; responsibility.
Care :: Care (n.) Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity..
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