Responsibility

/ɹɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/

Synonyms for "responsibility" (207 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (42)

Noun(13 words)

duty obligation responsibleness remit accountabilityact responsiblyadultness assignmentbe owned byburdening burdenscatalan obligaciócharge

Verb(1 words)

accept responsibility

accountability accountablenessaccounting foraction affair agency agentship amenability answerability answerableness application arrogation ascription assignation assignment attachment attribution auspices authority authorization

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blame bossing brevet burden business capacity care charge

Strong matches (62)

chargeability command commission commissioning commitment concern conduct connectionconnection withconsignment credit culpability cure debtdedication to dutydelegated authoritydelegation department dependability deputation

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derivation fromdevolution devolvementdevotion to dutydirection driving duteousness dutifulness duty embassy empowerment entrusting entrustment errand etiology execution executorship exequatur exercise eye factorship faithworthiness faultfull powerfunction functioning guilt handling honor imputation incorruptibility incumbency

Adjective(2 words)

civic dutyenvironmental burden

Noun(7 words)

consistency dependability devoirfault the systemgroup roleguiltinessin charge

Verb(1 words)

give the charge

Related words (103)

intendance inviolability job jurisdiction legation liability license lieutenancy load lookout management mandate manipulation mission obligation occupation office onus operancy operation

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oversight palaetiology part patch performance performing place placementplenipotentiary powerpower of attorneypower to actpractice procuration proxy purview realmreference toregency regentship reliability responsibleness role running saddlingsense of dutysense of obligationstability steering stint superintendence supervision sureness surveillance task thing trust trustability trusteeship trustiness trustworthiness unfalseness unperfidiousness untreacherousnessvicarious authoritywarrant work working workings

Noun(28 words)

mantle mantlesmatter formoral obligationmore obligedobligation to helpobligation to learnobligationsoffice tasksonusesowned byownershipownership conceptownership ofpart of groupprovince reckonings reliabilityresearch dutiesself management

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sense of moral obligationservice obligationshoulder shoulderingstudy team rolessustainability concepttask trustworthiness

Adjective(4 words)

moral agencymoral responsibilityobligatedsocial obligation

Determiner(1 words)

no more excuses

Verb(2 words)

obey instructionsobligating

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

16 entries

area arena assignmentcharacter traitdomain fieldmoral conceptmoral qualitynorm orbitsocial controlsocial expectationsphere task trustiness trustworthiness

More specific

10 entries

book reportclass presentationfinancial responsibilitylegal responsibilitymoral responsibilityorganization punctualityscience projectself disciplinetime management

Collocations

6 entries

accept responsibilityassume responsibilitymoral responsibilitypersonal responsibilitysense of responsibilitytake responsibility

Inflections

1 entries

responsibilities

Derivations

3 entries

irresponsibility responsible responsibly

Antonyms

1 entries

irresponsibility

Translations

164 translations across 82 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

përgjegjësi noun (the state of being responsible)

Arabic

2 entries

مَسْؤُولِيَّة noun (the state of being responsible)
مَسْؤُولِيَّة noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Armenian

2 entries

պատասխանատվություն noun (the state of being responsible)
պատասխանատվություն noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

4 entries

ܡܸܫܬܲܐܠܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ noun (the state of being responsible)
ܡܸܫܬܲܐܠܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
ܡܸܬܬܓ݂ܝܼܒ݂ܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ noun (the state of being responsible)
ܡܸܬܬܓ݂ܝܼܒ݂ܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Asturian

2 entries

responsabilidá noun (the state of being responsible)
responsabilidá noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

cavabdehlik noun (the state of being responsible)
məsuliyyət noun (the state of being responsible)

Bashkir

2 entries

яуаплылыҡ noun (the state of being responsible)
яуаплылыҡ noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Basque

2 entries

erantzukizun noun (the state of being responsible)
erantzukizun noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Belarusian

2 entries

абавя́зак noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
адка́знасць noun (the state of being responsible)

Bengali

3 entries

কাজ noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
দায়িত্ব noun (the state of being responsible)
দায়িত্ব noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Bulgarian

2 entries

задълже́ние noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
отгово́рност noun (the state of being responsible)

Burmese

1 entries

တာဝန် noun (the state of being responsible)

Catalan

2 entries

responsabilitat noun (the state of being responsible)
responsabilitat noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Cebuano

2 entries

katungdanan noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
responsibilidad noun (the state of being responsible)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

بارکێشان noun (the state of being responsible)
بارکێشان noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

責任 /责任 noun (the state of being responsible)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

責任 /责任 noun (the state of being responsible)
責任 /责任 noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Czech

3 entries

odpovědnost noun (the state of being responsible)
odpovědnost noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
zodpovědnost noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Danish

2 entries

ansvar noun (the state of being responsible)
ansvar noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Dutch

2 entries

verantwoordelijkheid noun (the state of being responsible)
verantwoordelijkheid noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Esperanto

2 entries

respondeco noun (the state of being responsible)
respondeco noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Estonian

1 entries

vastutus noun (the state of being responsible)

Faroese

1 entries

ábyrgd noun (the state of being responsible)

Finnish

2 entries

vastuu noun (the state of being responsible)
velvollisuus noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

French

2 entries

responsabilité noun (the state of being responsible)
responsabilité noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Galician

2 entries

responsabilidade noun (the state of being responsible)
responsabilidade noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Georgian

1 entries

პასუხისმგებლობა noun (the state of being responsible)

German

4 entries

Pflicht noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Verantwortlichkeit noun (the state of being responsible)
Verantwortung noun (the state of being responsible)
Verantwortung noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Greek

4 entries

ευθύνη noun (the state of being responsible)
ευθύνη noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
υπευθυνότητα noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
υποχρέωση noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Hebrew

1 entries

אַחֲרָיוּת noun (the state of being responsible)

Hindi

4 entries

उत्तरदायित्व noun (the state of being responsible)
उत्तरदायित्व noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
ज़िम्मेदारी noun (the state of being responsible)
ज़िम्मेदारी noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Hungarian

4 entries

dolog noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
feladat noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
felelősség noun (the state of being responsible)
kötelesség noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Icelandic

1 entries

ábyrgð noun (the state of being responsible)

Indonesian

2 entries

tanggung jawab noun (the state of being responsible)
tanggung jawab noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Interlingua

2 entries

responsabilitate noun (the state of being responsible)
responsabilitate noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

مَسْئولِیَّت noun (the state of being responsible)
مَسْئولِیَّت noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Irish

2 entries

freagracht noun (the state of being responsible)
freagracht noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Italian

2 entries

responsabilità noun (the state of being responsible)
responsabilità noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Japanese

2 entries

責任 noun (the state of being responsible)
責任 noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Kazakh

1 entries

жауапкершілік noun (the state of being responsible)

Khmer

2 entries

ការគួរ noun (the state of being responsible)
ការទទួលខុសត្រូវ noun (the state of being responsible)

Korean

2 entries

책임 noun (the state of being responsible)
책임 noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

жоопкерчилик noun (the state of being responsible)

Lao

2 entries

ຄວາມຮັບຜິດຊອບ noun (the state of being responsible)
ໜ້າທີ່ noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Latvian

1 entries

atbildība noun (the state of being responsible)

Lithuanian

1 entries

atsakomybė noun (the state of being responsible)

Macedonian

1 entries

одговорност noun (the state of being responsible)

Malay

2 entries

tanggungjawab noun (the state of being responsible)
tanggungjawab noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Malayalam

1 entries

ഉത്തരവാദിത്വം noun (the state of being responsible)

Mongolian

2 entries

хариуцлага noun (the state of being responsible)
ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠭᠤᠴᠠᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ noun (the state of being responsible)

Māori

3 entries

haepapa noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
takohanga noun (the state of being responsible)
takohanga noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries

berpirsî noun (the state of being responsible)
berpisiyarî noun (the state of being responsible)
mesûliyet noun (the state of being responsible)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

ansvar noun (the state of being responsible)
ansvar noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Occitan

2 entries

responsabilitat noun (the state of being responsible)
responsabilitat noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

اصر noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
مسئولیت noun (the state of being responsible)

Pashto

2 entries

مسؤليت noun (the state of being responsible)
مسوولیت noun (the state of being responsible)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Flicht noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Polish

2 entries

odpowiedzialność noun (the state of being responsible)
odpowiedzialność noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Portuguese

2 entries

responsabilidade noun (the state of being responsible)
responsabilidade noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Romanian

1 entries

responsabilitate noun (the state of being responsible)

Russian

3 entries

обя́занность noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
отве́тственность noun (the state of being responsible)
отве́тственность noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

odgovórnōst noun (the state of being responsible)
одгово́рно̄ст noun (the state of being responsible)

Shan

1 entries

ပုၼ်ႈၽွၼ်း noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Slovak

1 entries

zodpovednosť noun (the state of being responsible)

Slovene

1 entries

odgovornost noun (the state of being responsible)

Sotho

1 entries

boikarabelo noun (the state of being responsible)

Spanish

2 entries

responsabilidad noun (the state of being responsible)
responsabilidad noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Swahili

4 entries

daraka noun (the state of being responsible)
jukumu noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
madaraka noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
majukumu noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Swedish

2 entries

ansvar noun (the state of being responsible)
ansvar noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Tagalog

4 entries

kapanagutan noun (the state of being responsible)
kapanagutan noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
pananagutan noun (the state of being responsible)
responsabilidad noun (the state of being responsible)

Tajik

1 entries

масъулият noun (the state of being responsible)

Telugu

2 entries

బాధ్యత noun (the state of being responsible)
బాధ్యత noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Thai

2 entries

ความรับผิดชอบ noun (the state of being responsible)
หน้าที่ noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Turkish

4 entries

mesuliyet noun (the state of being responsible)
mesuliyet noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
sorumluluk noun (the state of being responsible)
sorumluluk noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Turkmen

1 entries

jogapkärçilik noun (the state of being responsible)

Ukrainian

2 entries

відповіда́льність noun (the state of being responsible)
обов'я́зок noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Urdu

4 entries

ذِمِّیداری noun (the state of being responsible)
ذِمِّیداری noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
مَسْئُولِیَّت noun (the state of being responsible)
مَسْئُولِیَّت noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Uyghur

2 entries

جاۋابكارلىق noun (the state of being responsible)
مەسئۇلىيەت noun (the state of being responsible)

Uzbek

2 entries

javobgarlik noun (the state of being responsible)
masʼuliyat noun (the state of being responsible)

Vietnamese

1 entries

trách nhiệm noun (the state of being responsible)

Welsh

1 entries

cyfrifoldeb noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)

Xhosa

1 entries

uxanduva noun (the state of being responsible)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You have a responsibility to explain that behavior to me.

Source: tatoeba (16597)

You are not excused from the responsibility for this serious situation.

Source: tatoeba (16685)

My responsibility is to keep the company solvent.

Source: tatoeba (22407)

In brief, you should have accepted the responsibility.

Source: tatoeba (39765)

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