- responsibility
- noun1 being responsibleADJECTIVE▪ complete, full, total▪ awesome, big, enormous, grave, great, heavy, huge, important, serious, tremendous, weighty▪
It is a great responsibility caring for other people's children.
▪ direct▪ primary▪ overall, ultimate▪Ultimate responsibility rests with the president.
▪ special▪ diminished (law, esp. BrE)▪He was found not guilty of murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
▪ exclusive, sole▪ collective, communal, joint, mutual, shared▪ individual, personal▪ corporate▪ criminal▪ security▪ constitutional, political▪ environmental, ethical, financial, fiscal, legal, moral, socialVERB + RESPONSIBILITY▪ have▪She has responsibility for public spending.
▪ accept, acknowledge, assume, bear, carry, recognize, shoulder, take, take on, take over▪The bank refuses to accept responsibility for the mistake.
▪Will you take responsibility for arranging the food?
▪ feel▪He feels a responsibility to his community.
▪ share▪ lay, place▪The government of the time placed responsibility for the poor on the Church.
▪ assign, delegate, devolve, give sb, hand over▪Responsibility is devolved down to the people who are affected.
▪ retain▪We retain all responsibility for any shortcomings.
▪ abdicate, escape, evade, shift▪They wanted to shift responsibility for the failure onto their employees.
▪ admit, claim▪No organization has yet claimed responsibility for the bomb attack.
▪ deny, disclaim, duck▪Ducking responsibility is fatal in a democracy.
▪ allocate, assign (sb), give sb▪ attribute▪He attributed responsibility for the killing to the secret service.
▪ burden sb with▪ absolve sb from, absolve sb ofRESPONSIBILITY + VERB▪ fall on sb, fall to sb, lie with sb, rest with sb▪ come with sth▪With great power comes great responsibility.
PREPOSITION▪ responsibility for▪Full responsibility for the fiasco lies with the PR department.
▪ responsibility towards/toward▪He feels a strong sense of responsibility towards/toward his parents.
PHRASES▪ the age of criminal responsibility (BrE, law)▪ the burden of responsibility▪Governors carry a special burden of responsibility.
▪ do sth on your own responsibility (= without being told to and being willing to take the blame if it goes wrong)▪ a position of responsibility▪ a feeling of responsibility, a sense of responsibility2 job/dutyADJECTIVE▪ heavy, major, onerous▪ basic, fundamental▪ added, additional, increased▪ main▪What are the main responsibilities in your job?
▪ departmental, ministerial (BrE), professional, public, teaching▪ caring (esp. BrE), childcare, domestic, family, household, parental, public, social▪ fiduciary (esp. AmE), financial▪ administrative, command, management, managerial, oversight (AmE), supervisory▪The sergeant assumed his command responsibilities.
▪ adult▪people on the verge of assuming adult responsibilities
▪ contractual, statutory▪ particular, special▪ daily, day-to-dayVERB + RESPONSIBILITY▪ have▪ carry out, discharge, fulfil/fulfill, meet▪an obligation to meet family responsibilities
▪ accept, face up to, take on, undertake▪He seems unwilling to face up to his responsibilities as a father.
▪I don't feel ready to take on new responsibilities.
▪ juggle▪She juggled the competing responsibilities of family and work.
▪ handle▪The assistants were handling their responsibilities in the only way they could.
▪ exercise▪ delegate, relinquish, transfer▪ abandon, avoid, escape, evade, neglect, shirk▪ relieve sb ofPREPOSITION▪ responsibility for▪The heads of school departments have particular responsibilities for the curriculum.
▪ responsibility to, responsibility towards/toward▪The club has a responsibility to its members.
PHRASES▪ duties and responsibilities, rights and responsibilities▪parental rights and responsibilities
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
