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responsibility

nomcourant dans les dialogues

  • Royaume-Uni//ɹɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ɪ.ti//
  • États-Unis//ɹɪˌspɑn.səˈbɪl.ə.ti//
  • États-Unis/[ɹɪˌspɑn.səˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]/
  • Canada//ɹɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ə.ti//
  • Canada/[ɹɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]/

The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable.

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  1. 1

    The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable.

    Responsibility is a heavy burden.

    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.

  2. 2

    The state of being liable, culpable, or responsible for something in particular.

    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.

  3. 3

    A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.

    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

    The movie clearly and unmistakably gives us a character who understands the Bill of Rights, understands his legal responsibility as a police officer, and nevertheless takes retribution into his own hands.

  4. 4

    A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable. The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion.

  5. 5

    A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable. The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to someone’s possession or supervision.

Étymologie

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.

Formes

pluriel
responsibilities
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Contenu lexical issu du Wiktionary, sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · Entrée d'origine · Version des données 2026-08-23

Rang parmi les mots du corpus OpenSubtitles 2018 — des sous-titres de films et de séries, donc de la langue parlée et non écrite (CC BY-SA 3.0).