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responsibility

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of RESPONSIBILITY

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>

Synonyms blame, fault, liability

Related Words accountability, answerability

something one must do because of prior agreement <I had the responsibility of closing up the shop at night>

Synonyms burden, charge, commitment, devoir, do [archaic], duty, imperative, incumbency, need, office, responsibility

Near Antonyms grace, postponement, stay; discharge, ease, exemption, release, relief, waiver; loophole; alternative, choice, option, pick, preference, selection

worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence <the newspaper publisher should hire kids of greater responsibility to deliver its papers>

Synonyms dependability, dependableness, reliableness, responsibility, solidity, solidness, sureness, trustability, trustworthiness

Related Words inerrancy, infallibility; credibility, creditability, creditableness

Near Antonyms doubtfulness, dubiousness, questionableness, shakiness, uncertainness

Antonyms dodginess [chiefly British], unreliability

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