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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



... when you've got food in your mouth," said Joe who seemed to have acquired a sense of responsibility ...
— A Man for the Ages - A Story of the Builders of Democracy • Irving Bacheller
... be done by public authority, the condition of the dwellings of the poor must be determined chiefly by the interest and the legal responsibility of their individual owners. That men may be found willing to make fortunes for themselves by grinding the faces of the poor is certain; but there are, on the other hand, many who would be willing to use some portion, at least, of their means ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 32, June, 1860 • Various
... secret. Mr. Froude admits that the suspicion cannot but cling to him that this second attempt at murder was not made without his connivance; 'nor,' he adds, 'can Elizabeth herself be wholly acquitted of responsibility. She professed the loudest indignation, but she ventured no allusion to his previous communication with her, and no hint transpires of any previous displeasure when the proposal had been made openly to herself. The ...
— The Land-War In Ireland (1870) - A History For The Times • James Godkin
... known all the world over for its unique location, rivaled only by that of Marseilles, and we have now the responsibility to use this natural asset, for which many envy us. The Exposition will start an avalanche of improvements along artistic lines which will be given increasing momentum by the development of ...
— The Art of the Exposition • Eugen Neuhaus
... not until the year 1878, therefore, that it became possible to attempt the organization of the shop course; and it was then only by the writer assuming personal responsibility for its expenses that the plan could be entered upon. As then organized—in the autumn of 1878—a superintendent of the workshop had general direction of the trade department of the school. He was instructed to submit ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 • Various


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