Webster's English Dictionary

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responsibility

re.spon.si.bil.i.ty \ri-.spa:n(t)-s*-'bil-*t-e-\ n 1: the quality or state 
   of being responsible : as  1a: moral, legal, or mental accountability  1b: 
   RELIABILITY, TRUSTWORTHINESS  2: something for which one is responsible : 
   BURDEN