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as in blame
the state of being held as the cause of something that needs to be set right
responsibility for the accident lies with the driver who was speeding
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as in obligation
something one must do because of prior agreement
I had the responsibility of closing up the shop at night
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as in reliability
worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence
the newspaper publisher should hire kids of greater responsibility to deliver its papers
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Recent Examples of responsibility
The Bad Boys star previously joked that Murphy handed the responsibility to him.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2025
Anderson is now the creative director of Dior Men, and is widely speculated to soon take over the responsibility of the women’s business from Maria Grazia Chiuri, who stepped down as artistic director of women’s collections on Thursday.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 29 May 2025
This was the era of freedom and anxiety, where responsibility became the burden of the individual.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
However, when Bruce steps down at the end of next month, Harris will carry forth as the university’s sole faculty athletics representative, although other institutions, like Iowa, continue to divide the responsibilities among multiple faculty.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 29 May 2025
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2025
Anderson is now the creative director of Dior Men, and is widely speculated to soon take over the responsibility of the women’s business from Maria Grazia Chiuri, who stepped down as artistic director of women’s collections on Thursday.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 29 May 2025
This was the era of freedom and anxiety, where responsibility became the burden of the individual.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
However, when Bruce steps down at the end of next month, Harris will carry forth as the university’s sole faculty athletics representative, although other institutions, like Iowa, continue to divide the responsibilities among multiple faculty.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for responsibility
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Surviving family and friends suffered the injustice of the blame being put on Liverpool fans.—
Julia Andersen,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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In other words, many of their go-to argument tactics are riddled with errors that are designed to deflect blame and derail conversations.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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If another front office sees Holiday’s contract as positive value, the Celtics should strike quickly, but (justifiably!) paying him produced a remaining obligation that is below water.—
Danny Leroux,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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The stakes are high: the Alliance wants to place the city’s homelessness programs into receivership, effectively removing control from Mayor Karen Bass, on the grounds that the city is not meeting its legal obligations for providing such services.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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Wholesale Trade-Offs And DTC Gaps Department stores were once synonymous with reach, reliability, premium customer service and validation (especially the kind of reputational validation that designers crave).—
Adam Ayers,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Testimony about Proctor’s text messages comes as Read’s team has spent weeks attempting to sow doubt about the reliability of evidence presented by prosecutors, in an effort to distance Read from O’Keefe’s death.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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The employees had worked for the United States Digital Service, but said their duties had been integrated into DOGE.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
29 May 2025
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The federal court ruling aimed at striking down the majority of President Donald Trump's tariffs could force the government to pay back billions of dollars in import duties that have already been collected.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Predicting how technology will change our relationship with terminology is challenging, but the need for precise scientific language, including the names of species, will never go away.—
Nicholas Green,
The Conversation,
3 June 2025
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However, operational reporting needs often go beyond what SAP’s native tools provide.—
Govinda Rao Banothu,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Those other tariff strategies, which CNN's report discussed at length, would take longer to implement and may not burden trade partners for as long as Trump may like but would essentially raise the same burdens without running afoul of courts, experts told CNN.—
Ashley Belanger – May 29,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2025
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To age safely and comfortably at home, embrace smart-home technology to help ease the physical and mental burden of daily tasks.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 May 2025
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In other words, educate yourself about how things work before making any real commitment to it.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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Hemingway plays Dorothy Stratten, the Playboy Playmate turned actor who was brutally murdered by her ex-husband and manager, played with psychotic commitment by Eric Roberts.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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“Responsibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/responsibility. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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