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- Word Combinations (noun)
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responsibilities |
| definition 1: |
the condition or fact of being responsible; the condition or fact of being answerable or accountable.
You will need to take responsibility for your actions.Who has responsibility for this child?- synonyms:
- accountability, answerability, blame, liability
- similar words:
- care, trust
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| definition 2: |
a burden, duty, or obligation for which one is responsible.
Becoming a parent means taking on many responsibilities.Walking the dog is your responsibility, not mine.
- synonyms:
- burden, duty, obligation
- similar words:
- blame, business, charge, department, job, onus
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| definition 3: |
reliability.
Her honesty and responsibility are her best qualities as an employee.- synonyms:
- dependability, reliability
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capacity, care, chore, commitment, debt, detail, fault, guilt, imperative, job, lap, liability, load, obligation, office, onus, oversight, part, place, task, trust, weight |
adjective + (n.)responsibility
accepted,
added,
administrative,
awesome,
civic,
collective,
constitutional,
corporate,
day-to-day,
dual,
enormous,
ethical,
fiduciary,
financial,
fiscal,
full,
increased,
individual,
moral,
parental,
personal,
primary,
professional,
shared,
social,
sole,
tremendous,
ultimate
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verb + (n.)responsibility
abdicate,
absolve,
accept,
allocate,
assign,
assume,
attribute,
balance,
bear,
bore,
claim,
delegate,
discharge,
entrust,
evade,
exercise,
fulfill,
neglect,
relieve,
share,
shift,
shirk,
shoulder,
take
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(n.)responsibility
+ verb
educate, ensure, entail, oversee
noun + (n.)responsibility
abdication, acceptance, allocation, authority, autonomy, burden, counselor, duty, ethics, guilt, honesty, maturity, obligation, oversight, ownership, parenting, privilege, sense
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