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Responsibility   /rispˌɑnsəbˈɪləti/   Listen
noun
Responsibility  n.  (pl. responsibilities)  
1.
The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.
2.
That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power.
3.
Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.





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"Responsibility" Quotes from Famous Books



... Purington is from Geronimo. The Editor disclaims any responsibility for it, as in all cases where individuals are criticised by the ...
— Geronimo's Story of His Life • Geronimo
... proceedings. I guessed that her aunt had instructed her to adopt this tone, and I may as well say now that I came afterward to distinguish perfectly (as I believed) between the speeches she made on her own responsibility and those the old lady imposed upon her. She took no notice of the unswept condition of the rooms and indulged in no explanations nor apologies. I said to myself that this was a sign that Juliana and her niece ...
— The Aspern Papers • Henry James
... that we can not control the air well enough to prevent one of these horrible monsters (about 1/25,000 of an inch long) from settling in the body and multiplying, at last producing disease and maybe death? This is untrue, but it is a very comforting theory, for it removes the element of personal responsibility. People do not like to be told that if they are ill it is their own fault, that they are only reaping as they have sowed, ...
— Maintaining Health • R. L. Alsaker
... 'Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place'? As Israel was led into the wilderness that God might 'speak to her heart,' so often Christ draws us aside, if not by outward providences such as these, yet by awaking in us the solemn sense of personal responsibility and making us feel our solitude, that He may lead us to ...
— Expositions of Holy Scripture - St. Mark • Alexander Maclaren
... it is none the worse of being inquired after," said Henry, laughing. "But 'tis as well to let the fellow go. He knows best how to cure his wound, by the application of a few simples, and by thus making off, has relieved us of the trouble and responsibility of trying our hands at civilised doctoring. Besides, John Bumpus, (if that's your name,—though I do think your father might have found you a better,) your long legs would never have brought you within a ...
— Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader • R.M. Ballantyne


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