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responsibility
Overview of noun responsibility
The noun responsibility has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (17) duty, responsibility, obligation -- (the social force that binds you to 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)
2. (2) province, responsibility -- (the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself")
3. (2) 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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun responsibility
3 senses of responsibility
Sense 1
duty, responsibility, obligation
=> social control
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
province, responsibility
=> sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
=> environment
=> situation, state of affairs
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
responsibility, responsibleness
=> trustworthiness, trustiness
=> trait
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun responsibility
3 senses of responsibility
Sense 1
duty, responsibility, obligation
=> job
=> guardianship, keeping, safekeeping
=> moral obligation
=> noblesse oblige
=> burden of proof
=> civic duty, civic responsibility
=> filial duty
=> imperative
=> incumbency
=> legal duty
=> line of duty
=> white man's burden
=> prerequisite, requirement
=> requirement, demand
Sense 2
province, responsibility
=> ecclesiastical province
Sense 3
responsibility, responsibleness
=> fault
=> accountability, answerability, answerableness
=> dependability, dependableness, reliability, reliableness
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun responsibility
3 senses of responsibility
Sense 1
duty, responsibility, obligation
=> social control
Sense 2
province, responsibility
=> sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
Sense 3
responsibility, responsibleness
=> trustworthiness, trustiness
Antonyms of noun responsibility
1 of 3 senses of responsibility
Sense 3
responsibility, responsibleness
Antonym of irresponsibility (Sense 1)
=>irresponsibility, irresponsibleness
Member Holonyms of noun responsibility
Substance Holonyms of noun responsibility
Part Holonyms of noun responsibility
1 of 3 senses of responsibility
Sense 3
responsibility, responsibleness
PART OF: character, fiber, fibre
Member Meronyms of noun responsibility
Substance Meronyms of noun responsibility
Part Meronyms of noun responsibility
Meronyms of noun responsibility
Holonyms of noun responsibility
1 of 3 senses of responsibility
Sense 3
responsibility, responsibleness
PART OF: character, fiber, fibre
Attributes of noun responsibility
1 of 3 senses of responsibility
Sense 3
responsibility, responsibleness
=> responsible (vs. irresponsible)
=> irresponsible (vs. responsible)
Derived Forms of noun responsibility
1 of 3 senses of responsibility
Sense 3
responsibility, responsibleness
RELATED TO>(adj) responsible#1
=> responsible
Domain of noun responsibility
Domain Terms of noun responsibility
Familiarity of noun responsibility
responsibility used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun responsibility
3 senses of responsibility
Sense 1
duty, responsibility, obligation
> social control
=> auto limitation
=> sanction
=> population control
=> government, governing, governance, government activity
=> enforcement
=> domination
=> socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation
=> duty, responsibility, obligation
=> occupation, military control
=> management, direction
=> privation, deprivation
=> appeasement, calming
=> nationalization, nationalisation, communization, communisation
=> denationalization, denationalisation, privatization, privatisation
=> detribalization, detribalisation
=> discrimination, favoritism, favouritism
=> patronage
=> mobilization, mobilisation, militarization, militarisation
=> demobilization, demobilisation
=> standardization, standardisation, normalization, normalisation
=> punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
=> corrections
Sense 2
province, responsibility
> sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
=> distaff
=> front
=> kingdom, land, realm
=> lap
=> political arena, political sphere
=> preserve
=> province, responsibility
Sense 3
responsibility, responsibleness
> trustworthiness, trustiness
=> creditworthiness
=> responsibility, responsibleness
Meronyms of noun responsibility
3 senses of responsibility
Holonyms of noun responsibility
1 of 3 senses of responsibility
Sense 3
responsibility, responsibleness
PART OF: character, fiber, fibre
PART OF: personality
PART OF: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Grep of noun responsibility
civic responsibility
irresponsibility
responsibility
sense of responsibility
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