Definition of "responsibility" []

• The state, quality, or fact of being responsible. (noun)
• Something for which one is responsible; a duty, obligation, or burden. (noun)

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• "Individual responsibility and mutual responsibility~ that's the essence of America's promise."
• "The Tower Board said the scandal had been a “failure of responsibility” and chastised Reagan for putting “the principal responsibility for policy review and implementation on the shoulders of his advisers."
• "Departure from the truth of God carries with it responsibility on the part of all those who become awakened to that departure -- _responsibility to return to the Bible standard_."