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Responsibility

Ree-spah-nsuh-BIH-luh-tee

/riːˌspɑːnsʌˈbɪlʌtiː/

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responsibility

Dictionary meaning

The social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force.

Synonyms: duty

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