responsibility

responsibility
noun
1 IN CHARGE (U) a duty to be in charge of or look after something, so that you make decisions and can be blamed if something bad happens: She was given promotion and more responsibility. | have responsibility for: The Health Minister has overall responsibility for Britain's hospitals. | take responsibility for (=agree to be in charge of something or someone): My husband took full responsibility for organizing the trip. | assume responsibility for formal (=agree to be in charge of): Richard assumed responsibility for his brother's children. | accept responsibility for: The management accepts no responsibility for cars left in the car park.
2 DUTY (C) a duty that you have, especially because you are in charge of something: The head of a large company has many responsibilities. | have a responsibility to do sth: Every citizen has a responsibility to vote. | it is sb's responsibility to do sth: It is your responsibility to check that all doors and windows are locked. | moral responsibility (=a duty to do something because it is morally right)
3 BLAME (U) blame for something bad that has happened: accept/take responsibility: We refuse to accept responsibility for the breakdown of negotiations.
4 sense of responsibility an ability to behave sensibly so that you can be trusted to do the right thing: Parents need to encourage a sense of responsibility in their children.
5 a responsibility to sb a duty to help or serve someone because of your work, position in society etc: A doctor's first responsibility is to her patients.
6 do sth on your own responsibility to do something without being told to do it or officially allowed to do it
7 claim responsibility (for) to officially state that you are the person or organization that did something, especially an act of terrorism (=violence in order to get political power)

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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