responsibility

[US]/rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪləti/
[UK]/rɪˌspɑːnsəˈbɪləti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. sense of duty; obligation; reliability

Phrases & Collocations

Take responsibility

Sense of responsibility

Share responsibility

Personal responsibility

Social responsibility

responsibility for

responsibility system

legal responsibility

take responsibility for

criminal responsibility

corporate social responsibility

assume responsibility

with responsibility for

joint responsibility

corporate responsibility

responsibility accounting

financial responsibility

bear responsibility for

responsibility center

Example Sentences

disclaim responsibility for the accident

responsibility for defence and external affairs.

Don't fasten the responsibility on him.

a high sense of responsibility to the revolution

the board admitted responsibility for the affair.

such heavy responsibility must receive commensurate reward.

the responsibilities of salespeople to prospect for customers.

accept full responsibility for one's error

Responsibility is the spirit of Aigret Co.

We all bear collective responsibility for this decision.

He has no responsibility for that accident.

I disavow all responsibility for you.

Responsibility! Responsibility is tool of the human developing. Speciously, it is so significant effect in the team. Irresponsibility people are no credit standing.

Responsibilities are not sloughed off so easily.

to wriggle out of your responsibilities

he assumed full responsibility for all organizational work.

no one likes to bear the responsibility for such decisions.

he had responsibility for coordinating London's transport services.

Real-world Examples

All rights carry with them corresponding responsibilities.

Source: Four-level vocabulary frequency weekly plan

His intellectual eminence carries with it corresponding moral responsibilities.

Source: Brave New World

Bytedance is aiming for more than mere social responsibility.

Source: Business Weekly

This is a breach of his constitutional responsibilities.

Source: NPR News October 2019 Collection

No one claimed responsibility for that bombing.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May/June 2018 Compilation

I had a responsibility to go give back.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2021 Collection

New York's too much responsibility. - Responsibility!

Source: Classic movies

The judge Robert Fremr said Ntaganda bore responsibility for crimes committed by his troops.

Source: BBC Listening Collection July 2019

" Hold them accountable" means make them take responsibility.

Source: Learn English by Watching Movies with VOA

But the bigger your platform the bigger your responsibility.

Source: United Nations Youth Speech

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