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responsibleness
re·spon·si·ble R0182600 (rĭ-spŏn′sə-bəl)adj.1. a. Liable to be required to give account, as of one's actions or of the discharge of a duty or trust: Who is responsible while their parents are away?b. Required to render account; answerable: The cabinet is responsible to the parliament.2. Involving important duties, the supervision of others, or the ability to make decisions with little supervision: a responsible position within the firm.3. Being a source or cause: Viruses are responsible for many diseases.4. a. Able to make moral or rational decisions on one's own and therefore answerable for one's behavior: At what age does a person become responsible?b. Able to be trusted or depended upon; trustworthy or reliable: a responsible art dealer.5. Based on or characterized by good judgment or sound thinking: responsible journalism.
[Obsolete French, corresponding to, from Latin respōnsus, past participle of respondēre, to respond; see respond.]
re·spon′si·ble·ness n.re·spon′si·bly adv.Synonyms: responsible, answerable, liable, accountable, amenable
These adjectives share the meaning obliged to answer, as for one's actions, to an authority that may impose a penalty for failure. Responsible often implies the satisfactory performance of duties or the trustworthy care for or disposition of possessions: "I am responsible for the ship's safety" (Robert Louis Stevenson).
Answerable suggests a moral or legal responsibility subject to review by a higher authority: The court held the parents answerable for their minor child's acts of vandalism. Liable refers to a legal obligation, as to pay damages: The builder is liable for the cost of delays. Accountable especially emphasizes giving an account of one's discharge of a responsibility: "The liberal philosophy holds that enduring governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves" (Walter Lippmann).
Amenable implies being subject to the control of an authority and therefore the absence of complete autonomy: "There is no constitutional tribunal to which [the king] is amenable" (Alexander Hamilton). See Also Synonyms at reliable.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | responsibleness - a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; "he holds a position of great responsibility"responsibilitycharacter, fibre, fiber - the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencertrustiness, trustworthiness - the trait of deserving trust and confidencefault - responsibility for a bad situation or event; "it was John's fault"accountability, answerability, answerableness - responsibility to someone or for some activitydependability, dependableness, reliability, reliableness - the quality of being dependable or reliableirresponsibility, irresponsibleness - a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions |
IdiomsSeeresponsibleresponsibleness
Synonyms for responsiblenessnoun a form of trustworthinessSynonymsRelated Words- character
- fibre
- fiber
- trustiness
- trustworthiness
- fault
- accountability
- answerability
- answerableness
- dependability
- dependableness
- reliability
- reliableness
Antonyms- irresponsibility
- irresponsibleness
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