Responsibility
noun
The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone.
A true leader takes responsibility for their team's performance.
Often appears as...
- take responsibility
- have responsibility
noun
The state or fact of being accountable or to blame for something.
The responsibility for the accident lies with the driver.
Often appears as...
- bear responsibility
- accept responsibility
noun
A moral obligation to behave correctly towards or in respect of.
She had the responsibility of looking after her sick mother.
Often appears as...
- shoulder responsibility
- neglect responsibility
noun
The opportunity or ability to act independently and make decisions without authorization.
We would like to give team members more responsibility in projects.
Often appears as...
- delegate responsibility
- grant responsibility
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Business
noun
Something that it is your job or duty to deal with.
Health and safety is everyone's responsibility at the workplace.
Often appears as...
- employer responsibility
- employee responsibility
Usage tips
Workplace
noun
The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone.
A true leader takes responsibility for their team's performance.
Often appears as...
- take responsibility
- have responsibility
noun
The state or fact of being accountable or to blame for something.
The responsibility for the accident lies with the driver.
Often appears as...
- bear responsibility
- accept responsibility
noun
A moral obligation to behave correctly towards or in respect of.
She had the responsibility of looking after her sick mother.
Often appears as...
- shoulder responsibility
- neglect responsibility
noun
The opportunity or ability to act independently and make decisions without authorization.
We would like to give team members more responsibility in projects.
Often appears as...
- delegate responsibility
- grant responsibility
Usage tips
Business
noun
Something that it is your job or duty to deal with.
Health and safety is everyone's responsibility at the workplace.
Often appears as...
- employer responsibility
- employee responsibility
Usage tips
Workplace
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Positive Leadership
Associated with proactive control or support within a group or task.
As project leader, the responsibility to motivate her team fell squarely upon her.
Pro Tip 2/2Active Engagement
Implies being actively involved, not passively watching from the sidelines.
He took on the responsibility of organizing the charity event himself.
Pro Tip 1/2Positive Leadership
Associated with proactive control or support within a group or task.
As project leader, the responsibility to motivate her team fell squarely upon her.
Pro Tip 2/2Active Engagement
Implies being actively involved, not passively watching from the sidelines.
He took on the responsibility of organizing the charity event himself.
Pro Tip 1/2Positive Leadership
Associated with proactive control or support within a group or task.
As project leader, the responsibility to motivate her team fell squarely upon her.
Pro Tip 2/2Active Engagement
Implies being actively involved, not passively watching from the sidelines.
He took on the responsibility of organizing the charity event himself.
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The five major world...
At the Passover meal, every item on the menu symbolizes an aspect of the escape from slavery. The importance of growing up is emphasized when young people reach the age of bar and bat mitzvah, ceremonies during which they assume responsibility for their actions and celebrate the weaving of their own lives
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Exploring the Bay of...
and allow you to feel the landscape so, so your job here is really important. It is. In my family there's four generations who have all guided, we have become kaitiaki or guardians, of all the areas, so it’s our responsibility to take care of our whenua, to take care of our land.
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This is Sparta: Fierce...
write, and dance, which taught them graceful control of their movements and helped them in combat. While the responsibilities for the girls of Sparta were different, the high standards of excellence and expectation to serve Sparta with their lives remained the same.
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How to choose your news...
information or context you might have missed and what others are saying about it. Today, we are more free than ever from the old media gatekeepers who used to control the flow of information. But with freedom comes the responsibility to curate our own experience
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A message of peace, hope...
that would be a bad example so I felt an incredible responsibility in some way to make sure that whatever I you know I believed was continuous and that I could stand by it and and that's my story if you like I don't have stood by it since
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How did Hitler rise to...
Germany had to accept full responsibility for the war and pay reparations, debilitating its already weakened economy. All this was seen as a humiliation by many nationalists and veterans. They wrongly believed the war could have been won
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Why are we so attached...
where almost everything is shared. At the other extreme, sometimes our attachment to our things can go too far. Part of the cause of hoarding disorder is an exaggerated sense of responsibility and protectiveness toward one's belongings.
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Rethinking infidelity...
And that distinction is important. And Nick, he needs to hold vigil for the relationship. He needs to become, for a while, the protector of the boundaries. It's his responsibility to bring it up, because if he thinks about it,
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Mesmerising Owl Moments...
yes but you've taken on a responsibility so you just have to get up with it the outlets have a long way to go before they transform into magnificent super powered owls
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Sir David Attenborough...
about that surely we have a responsibility to care for our blue planet the future of humanity and indeed all life
Video examples
The five major world...
At the Passover meal, every item on the menu symbolizes an aspect of the escape from slavery. The importance of growing up is emphasized when young people reach the age of bar and bat mitzvah, ceremonies during which they assume responsibility for their actions and celebrate the weaving of their own lives
Video examples
Exploring the Bay of...
and allow you to feel the landscape so, so your job here is really important. It is. In my family there's four generations who have all guided, we have become kaitiaki or guardians, of all the areas, so it’s our responsibility to take care of our whenua, to take care of our land.
Video examples
This is Sparta: Fierce...
write, and dance, which taught them graceful control of their movements and helped them in combat. While the responsibilities for the girls of Sparta were different, the high standards of excellence and expectation to serve Sparta with their lives remained the same.
Video examples
How to choose your news...
information or context you might have missed and what others are saying about it. Today, we are more free than ever from the old media gatekeepers who used to control the flow of information. But with freedom comes the responsibility to curate our own experience
Video examples
A message of peace, hope...
that would be a bad example so I felt an incredible responsibility in some way to make sure that whatever I you know I believed was continuous and that I could stand by it and and that's my story if you like I don't have stood by it since
Video examples
How did Hitler rise to...
Germany had to accept full responsibility for the war and pay reparations, debilitating its already weakened economy. All this was seen as a humiliation by many nationalists and veterans. They wrongly believed the war could have been won
Video examples
Why are we so attached...
where almost everything is shared. At the other extreme, sometimes our attachment to our things can go too far. Part of the cause of hoarding disorder is an exaggerated sense of responsibility and protectiveness toward one's belongings.
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
And that distinction is important. And Nick, he needs to hold vigil for the relationship. He needs to become, for a while, the protector of the boundaries. It's his responsibility to bring it up, because if he thinks about it,
Video examples
Mesmerising Owl Moments...
yes but you've taken on a responsibility so you just have to get up with it the outlets have a long way to go before they transform into magnificent super powered owls
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
about that surely we have a responsibility to care for our blue planet the future of humanity and indeed all life
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Leo Tolstoy
Russian Novelist
War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
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Jordan Peterson
Canadian Psychologist
Accept the terrible responsibility of life with eyes wide open.
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Les Brown
American Speaker
You take on the responsibility for making your dream a reality.
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Toni Morrison
American Novelist
Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader.
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Future
American Musician
I feel a responsibility for telling the truth.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
The price of greatness is responsibility.
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Tony Robbins
American Speaker
Whatever happens, take responsibility.
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W. Edwards Deming
American Scientist
Quality is everyone's responsibility.
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
In dreams begins responsibility.
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Leo Tolstoy
Russian Novelist
War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it.
Quote examples
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
Quote examples
Jordan Peterson
Canadian Psychologist
Accept the terrible responsibility of life with eyes wide open.
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Les Brown
American Speaker
You take on the responsibility for making your dream a reality.
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Toni Morrison
American Novelist
Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader.
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Future
American Musician
I feel a responsibility for telling the truth.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Quote examples
Tony Robbins
American Speaker
Whatever happens, take responsibility.
Quote examples
W. Edwards Deming
American Scientist
Quality is everyone's responsibility.
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
In dreams begins responsibility.
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