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Another word for onus

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Noun

  1. A duty or responsibility that is a source of anxiety, worry, or hardship

    See also:

    over

    heavy

  2. A mark of discredit or disgrace

    Idioms:
    See also:

    respect

    marks

  3. Responsibility for an error or crime

    See also:

    start

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Sentence Examples

  • It is always, however, a matter of fact for the jury, and the onus of proving the death lies on the party who asserts it.

  • He sought to persuade Alexander to open negotiations with Napoleon, if only to throw the onus of breaking the peace entirely on the French side.

  • If so, apologetics is literally a science, and it is pedantry to claim the defensive and pretend to throw the onus probandi upon objectors.

  • The purchase of guaranteed railways owned by foreign companies likewise added largely to the bonded indebtedness, though the onus was in existence in another form.

  • Nunc autem ipso ex hac vita evocato, totius negotii onus doctissimi Briggii humeris incumbere, et Sparta haec ornanda illi sorte quadam obtigisse videtur."

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