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What is the noun for responsible?

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responsibility
  1. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable.
  2. A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.
  3. (military) The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion. With responsibility goes authority to direct and take the necessary action to ensure success.
  4. (military) The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to the possession or supervision of an individual.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “We have a social responsibility and the authority has legal responsibilities.”
      “In fact, no one has claimed responsibility for any of the recent terrorist attacks in the area.”
      “However, paraprofessionals assumed primary responsibility for the personal care of students and for playground supervision.”
responsibilization
  1. (sociology) The transfer of responsibility from higher authorities to communities or individuals who are then called on to take an active role in resolving their own problems.
responsibleness
  1. The state of being responsible; responsibility.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He could be distant, private, sensitive, fiery, but he was a man also governed by impressive kindness and responsibleness.”
      “In fact, freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness.”
      “He owed no obligations to anything except Art, and no responsibleness to anybody except the public.”
responsibilisation
  1. (sociology) Alternative form of responsibilization
  2. Examples:
    1. “In many ways the public release of these crime maps is an extension of this individual or community responsibilisation.”
      “We need to explore innovative solutions with the full involvement and responsibilisation of the relevant actors and in particular the fishermen.”
      “This communication and responsibilisation procedure is not carried out smoothly or without contradictions, but the urgent need to counteract global warming gives the voluntary offsetting its legitimacy.”
responsibilisations
  1. plural of responsibilisation
responsibilizations
  1. plural of responsibilization
responsibilities
  1. plural of responsibility
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He took aim at the antiwar movement, whose members, he claimed, had abdicated their historic responsibilities.”
      “Yet is it really fair to assume that parents have abdicated their responsibilities?”
      “Further official roles and responsibilities are being drawn up by the board.”
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