responsibility
noun
us
/rɪˌspɑːn.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/ uk
/rɪˌspɒn.sɪˈbɪl.ə.ti/responsibility noun (DUTY)
B2 [ C or U ]
[ + to infinitive ] It's her responsibility to ensure the project finishes on time.
Synonyms
have responsibility
have a responsibility to someone
- Fatherhood is a lifelong responsibility.
- Colin Lamb has taken over responsibility for this project.
- The council denied that their decision represented any abdication of responsibility.
- We have the chance to build an outward-looking Europe that lives up to its global responsibilities.
- Your responsibilities will be mainly administrative.
- accountable
- accountable to someone
- accountably
- answer for something
- buck
- commitment
- department
- dual role
- duty
- duty of care
- fail
- fall to someone
- obligatory
- obliged
- on your own head be it idiom
- ought to
- portfolio
- shoulder
- someone's answer to someone/something idiom
- the onus
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
responsibility noun (BLAME)
- He denied all responsibility for the rumors which have been circulating.
- We disclaim all responsibility for this disaster.
- The report exonerated the crew from all responsibility for the collision.
- I accept full responsibility for the failure of the plan.
- It's your decision - you must bear the responsibility if things go wrong.
- acquit
- acquit someone of something
- acquittal
- be above/beyond reproach idiom
- be in the clear idiom
- clear of something
- cleared
- come up/out smelling like roses idiom
- culpability
- culpably
- exoneration
- guiltless
- guiltlessly
- inculpable
- innocence
- reproach
- self-exculpation
- sinless
- sinlessly
- squeaky-clean
responsibility noun (GOOD JUDGMENT)
- be a victory for common sense idiom
- cannily
- canny
- clear-headed
- clear-headedly
- it doesn't hurt/never hurts to do something idiom
- judicious
- judiciously
- level-headed
- longsighted
- reasonable
- reasonableness
- reasoned
- responsible
- responsibly
- thinking
- to be wise after the event idiom
- victory
- well advised
- wily