Responsibleness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Responsible \Re*spon"si*ble\ (r?*sp?n"s?*b'l), a. [Cf. F.
     responsable. See {Respond}.]
     1. Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer;
        accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is
        responsible to the court for his conduct in the office.
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     2. Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and
        obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to
        have a responsible man for surety.
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     3. Involving responsibility; involving a degree of
        accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a
        responsible office.
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     Syn: Accountable; answerable; amenable.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Re*spon"si*ble*ness}, n. --
          {Re*spon"si*bly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  responsibleness
       n : 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"
           [syn: {responsibility}] [ant: {irresponsibility}, {irresponsibility}]