responsibility
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From responsible + -ity. Although the components are of French origin, the compound appears to have been formed in English. Later-attested French responsabilité is modeled on the English word, and Italian responsabilità is in turn modeled on the French.
Base: responsible
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: responsibilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Responsibility is a heavy burden.
gloss: The state of being liable, culpable, or responsible for something in particular.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: After all, it is undeniable that the B.R. standard coach scored highly in comparative trials with other European railway vehicles on the Continent a few years ago, so that B.R. civil engineers must share responsibility for any defects in its behaviour over here.
The vast majority of American Jews not only greatly dislike President Trump but also believe he has made them less safe: according to a May 2019 poll, nearly three-quarters of Jewish voters believe American Jews are less secure under Trump than they were before, 71 percent disapprove of Trump’s overall job performance, and nearly 60 percent believe that he bears at least some responsibility for the synagogue shootings carried out by white nationalists in Pittsburgh and Poway.
gloss: A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Why didn't you clean the house? That was your responsibility!
The responsibility of the great states is to serve and not to dominate the world
If parents, teachers, and ministers conducted their responsibilities by following the ratings, children would have a steady diet of ice cream, school holidays, and no Sunday school.
gloss: A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: responsibleness
Related words: respond
accountability
Derived words: age of criminal responsibility
chain-of-responsibility pattern
command responsibility
co-responsibility
corporate social responsibility
diminished responsibility
interresponsibility
irresponsibility
nonresponsibility
single responsibility principle
social responsibility
take responsibility
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: përgjegjësi
lang: Arabic
word: مَسْؤُولِيَّة
roman: masʔūliyya
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܡܸܫܬܲܐܠܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ
roman: mištaˀlānūṯā
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܡܸܬܬܓ݂ܝܼܒ݂ܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ
roman: mittḡīḇānūṯā
lang: Armenian
word: պատասխանատվություն
roman: patasxanatvutʻyun
lang: Asturian
word: responsabilidá
lang: Azerbaijani
word: məsuliyyət
lang: Azerbaijani
word: cavabdehlik
lang: Bashkir
word: яуаплылыҡ
roman: yawaplılıq
lang: Basque
word: erantzukizun
lang: Belarusian
word: адка́знасць
roman: adkáznascʹ
lang: Bengali
word: দায়িত্ব
roman: daẏittô
lang: Bulgarian
word: отгово́рност
roman: otgovórnost
lang: Burmese
word: တာဝန်
roman: tawan
lang: Catalan
word: responsabilitat
lang: Cebuano
word: responsibilidad
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 責任 /责任
roman: zaak³ jam⁶
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 責任 /责任
roman: zérèn
lang: Czech
word: odpovědnost
lang: Danish
word: ansvar
lang: Dutch
word: verantwoordelijkheid
lang: Esperanto
word: respondeco
lang: Estonian
word: vastutus
lang: Faroese
word: ábyrgd
lang: Finnish
word: vastuu
lang: French
word: responsabilité
lang: Galician
word: responsabilidade
lang: Georgian
word: პასუხისმგებლობა
roman: ṗasuxismgebloba
lang: German
word: Verantwortung
lang: German
word: Verantwortlichkeit
lang: Greek
word: ευθύνη
roman: efthýni
lang: Hebrew
word: אַחֲרָיוּת
roman: akharayút
lang: Hindi
word: ज़िम्मेदारी
roman: zimmedārī
lang: Hindi
word: उत्तरदायित्व
roman: uttardāyitva
lang: Hindi
word: दायित्व
roman: dāyitva
lang: Hungarian
word: felelősség
lang: Icelandic
word: ábyrgð
lang: Indonesian
word: tanggung jawab
lang: Interlingua
word: responsabilitate
lang: Irish
word: freagracht
lang: Irish
word: milleán
lang: Italian
word: responsabilità
lang: Japanese
word: 責任
roman: sekinin
lang: Kazakh
word: жауапкершілік
roman: jauapkerşılık
lang: Khmer
word: ការគួរ
roman: kaa kuə
lang: Khmer
word: ការទទួលខុសត្រូវ
roman: kaa tɔɔtɔtuəl khoh trəw
lang: Korean
word: 책임
roman: chaegim
lang: Central Kurdish
word: بارکێشان
roman: barkêşan
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: berpisiyarî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: berpirsî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: mesûliyet
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жоопкерчилик
roman: joopkercilik
lang: Lao
word: ຄວາມຮັບຜິດຊອບ
roman: khuām hap phit sǭp
lang: Latvian
word: atbildība
lang: Lithuanian
word: atsakomybė
lang: Macedonian
word: одговорност
roman: odgovornost
lang: Malay
word: tanggungjawab
lang: Malayalam
word: ഉത്തരവാദിത്വം
roman: uttaravāditvaṁ
lang: Māori
word: takohanga
lang: Mongolian
word: хариуцлага
roman: xariuclaga
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠭᠤᠴᠠᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ
roman: qariɣučalg-a
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: ansvar
lang: Occitan
word: responsabilitat
lang: Pashto
word: مسؤليت
roman: masulyat
lang: Pashto
word: مسوولیت
roman: masulyat
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مَسْئولِیَّت
roman: mas'uliyyat
lang: Polish
word: odpowiedzialność
lang: Portuguese
word: responsabilidade
lang: Romanian
word: responsabilitate
lang: Russian
word: отве́тственность
roman: otvétstvennostʹ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: одгово́рно̄ст
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: odgovórnōst
lang: Slovak
word: zodpovednosť
lang: Slovene
word: odgovornost
lang: Sotho
word: boikarabelo
lang: Spanish
word: responsabilidad
lang: Swahili
word: daraka
lang: Swedish
word: ansvar
lang: Tagalog
word: kapanagutan
lang: Tagalog
word: pananagutan
lang: Tagalog
word: responsabilidad
lang: Tajik
word: масъулият
roman: mas'uliyat
lang: Telugu
word: బాధ్యత
roman: bādhyata
lang: Thai
word: ความรับผิดชอบ
roman: kwaam-ráp-pìt-chɔ̂ɔp
lang: Turkish
word: mesuliyet
lang: Turkish
word: sorumluluk
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: مسئولیت
roman: mesuliyet
lang: Turkmen
word: jogapkärçilik
lang: Ukrainian
word: відповіда́льність
roman: vidpovidálʹnistʹ
lang: Urdu
word: ذِمِّیداری
roman: zimmedārī
lang: Urdu
word: مَسْئُولِیَّت
roman: masūliyyat
lang: Uyghur
word: جاۋابكارلىق
roman: jawabkarliq
lang: Uyghur
word: مەسئۇلىيەت
roman: mes'uliyet
lang: Uzbek
word: javobgarlik
lang: Uzbek
word: masʼuliyat
lang: Vietnamese
word: trách nhiệm
lang: Xhosa
word: uxanduva
lang: Arabic
word: مَسْؤُولِيَّة
roman: masʔūliyya
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܡܸܫܬܲܐܠܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ
roman: mištaˀlānūṯā
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܡܸܬܬܓ݂ܝܼܒ݂ܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ
roman: mittḡīḇānūṯā
lang: Armenian
word: պատասխանատվություն
roman: patasxanatvutʻyun
lang: Asturian
word: responsabilidá
lang: Bashkir
word: яуаплылыҡ
roman: yawaplılıq
lang: Basque
word: erantzukizun
lang: Belarusian
word: абавя́зак
roman: abavjázak
lang: Bengali
word: দায়িত্ব
roman: dayittô
lang: Bengali
word: কাজ
roman: kaj
lang: Bulgarian
word: задълже́ние
roman: zadǎlžénie
lang: Catalan
word: responsabilitat
lang: Cebuano
word: katungdanan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 責任 /责任
roman: zérèn
lang: Czech
word: odpovědnost
lang: Czech
word: zodpovědnost
lang: Danish
word: ansvar
lang: Dutch
word: verantwoordelijkheid
lang: Esperanto
word: respondeco
lang: Finnish
word: velvollisuus
lang: French
word: responsabilité
lang: Galician
word: responsabilidade
lang: German
word: Verantwortung
lang: German
word: Pflicht
lang: Greek
word: ευθύνη
roman: efthýni
lang: Greek
word: υποχρέωση
roman: ypochréosi
lang: Greek
word: υπευθυνότητα
roman: ypefthynótita
lang: Hindi
word: उत्तरदायित्व
roman: uttardāyitva
lang: Hindi
word: दायित्व
roman: dāyitva
lang: Hindi
word: ज़िम्मेदारी
roman: zimmedārī
lang: Hungarian
word: feladat
lang: Hungarian
word: dolog
lang: Hungarian
word: kötelesség
lang: Hungarian
word: kötelezettség
lang: Indonesian
word: tanggung jawab
lang: Interlingua
word: responsabilitate
lang: Irish
word: freagracht
lang: Italian
word: responsabilità
lang: Japanese
word: 責任
roman: sekinin
lang: Korean
word: 책임
roman: chaegim
lang: Central Kurdish
word: بارکێشان
roman: barkêşan
lang: Lao
word: ໜ້າທີ່
roman: nā thī
lang: Malay
word: tanggungjawab
lang: Māori
word: haepapa
lang: Māori
word: takohanga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: ansvar
lang: Occitan
word: responsabilitat
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مَسْئولِیَّت
roman: mas'uliyyat
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Flicht
lang: Polish
word: odpowiedzialność
lang: Portuguese
word: responsabilidade
lang: Russian
word: отве́тственность
roman: otvétstvennostʹ
lang: Russian
word: обя́занность
roman: objázannostʹ
lang: Shan
word: ပုၼ်ႈၽွၼ်း
roman: pūn pháun
lang: Spanish
word: responsabilidad
lang: Swahili
word: jukumu
lang: Swahili
word: majukumu
lang: Swahili
word: madaraka
lang: Swedish
word: ansvar
lang: Tagalog
word: kapanagutan
lang: Telugu
word: బాధ్యత
roman: bādhyata
lang: Thai
word: หน้าที่
roman: nâa-tîi
lang: Turkish
word: mesuliyet
lang: Turkish
word: sorumluluk
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اصر
roman: ısr
lang: Ukrainian
word: обов'я́зок
roman: obovʺjázok
lang: Urdu
word: ذِمِّیداری
roman: zimmedārī
lang: Urdu
word: مَسْئُولِیَّت
roman: masūliyyat
lang: Welsh
word: cyfrifoldeb