Responsibility

//ɹɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ɪ.ti//

Synonyms for "responsibility" (158 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Noun(1 words)
responsibleness

Strong matches (47)

Noun(1 words)
duty

Related words (79)

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More general

9 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

2 entries

causes desire

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derived

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derived from

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has context

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is a

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part of

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Showing 16 of 19 words.

Translations

164 translations across 82 languages.

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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.

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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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