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Noun responsibility has 3 senses
- duty, responsibility, obligation - the social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr
--1 is a kind of social control
--1 has particulars:
- province, responsibility - the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself"
--2 is a kind of sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
--2 has particulars: ecclesiastical province
- responsibility, responsibleness - a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; "he holds a position of great responsibility"
--3 is a kind of trustworthiness, trustiness
--3 is a part of character, fiber, fibre
Antonyms: irresponsibility, irresponsibleness
--3 has particulars:
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