Synonyms for responsibility
noun
State of being reliable
trustworthiness, reliability, trustiness, dependability, dependableness, loyalty, faithfulness, capableness, capacity, efficiency, competency, uprightness, firmness, steadfastness, stability, ability; see also honesty 1.
State of being accountable
answerability, accountability, liability, culpability, amenability, blame, onus, burden, subjection, boundness, obligatoriness, incumbency, engagement, pledge, contract, constraint, restraint; see also duty 1, guilt.
Antonyms freedom*, exemption, immunity.
Anything for which one is accountable
obligation, trust, charge; see duty 2.
See responsibility in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
An act or course of action that is demanded of one, as by position, custom, law, or religion:
burden1, charge, commitment, duty, imperative, must, need, obligation. See obligation
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