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charge blame irresponsible job buck fault sponsor burden onus hand shoulder disavow absolve care responsible guarantee discharge take head guilt the burden of proof abdicate disclaim devoir cop out official entrust delegate saddle carry office underwrite officer devolve vagabond disengage disclaimer release cover lap irresponsibility bear load baby shirk father undertake accountment up to liability assume hold in charge collegial appoint department face the music rest pass the buck
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mantle part the onus disengagement surety handle sign overburden depute goof-off loose answer impute duty go thank over cop-out for carefree accountability interest feckless cashier province insanity trust executive beat duck CSR wash one's hands of clean-handed exonerate chain remit paternalism two-way minor existentialism deny incumbent end wardship accept misconduct vouch liable buck-passing associate fix Down truant devolution carry the can titular lookout assignment co lie with indemnity purview burden of proof bondsman fall godchild handover disown trustee cui bono guardianship function acquit custody high-pressure answerability margin welfare state Conn take sth on custodial depositary buck-passer adopt incumbency echelon millstone ball avouch command power-sharing business fiduciary sidestep lie attaché self-indulgence appointed dime relinquish commitment wite officially trusteeship spiv bludge shuffle goof–off Forester indemnify taskmaster hook assign rest with leave sth for/to sb assumption wash -ties dodge unaccountable turn kick upstairs out disavowal lighten ownership branch fall to Confucianism culpability abrogate hold the fort door forefront keeper voetstoots flick-pass trusty heat rest with sb available undertaking fall on (or upon) in someone's lap jobbing take charge obligation cognizance weight owe co-parent co-worker dean Race appointee easy intrust sinecure portfolio authority deductible corporate responsibility incivic confide junior be on someone's (own) head fall/rest on someone’s shoulders treat guardian deviation product liability evasion toe Scouts quartermaster playboy guaranty emancipate custodian duty of care safekeeping remiss inherit weasel out (of something) abandonment meddle unreliable be not sb's pigeon curate yield desk comparable worth commonhold territory extraordinary skive up goldbrick principal fall to someone's lot hand over own affair relaxation figurehead line godparent loophole husband relieve abdication plight take on keep commission share partnership high-powered carry the ball sit in area quit fire officer hold down hedge funk be meant to do something job enrichment answer for (something) factorship idle innocence pick-up sociopath duck-shove dead weight task take up (or pick up) the baton one-way in the saddle jailer harum-scarum be down to sb hide trustworthy tutelage ratify in charge of pass keeping caveat emptor OBR be down to be one's (own) lookout intrapreneur delectus personae marshal hand sth off officiate bearing skiver a (or one's) bounden duty take the lead distance off one's hands passed the baton desertion fend backslide controller-general financial accountability take charge (of something) priesthood post disburden be incumbent on/upon someone to do something take it upon yourself to do sth shift respondeat superior absentee irresponsibly incumbently hand sth on hand sth over took take something on be left holding the baby (or North American bag) take it skip out (on something/someone) trust to straw boss accept/face the consequences domain escape hatch Europeanize tax burden cancellation carry a (heavy) load/burden guiltless be sb's department line-manage get out of management job description can concern bench cancel sheet taken scout take it upon yourself to do something take over tax authority attackman held innocent hot seat flinch from (doing) something bore low-pressure the buck stops here/with someone come under assignee at one's (own) risk tread (or chiefly North American step) on someone's toes hand something on comptroller-general wriggle off the hook blood delegation responsibly get see to holding line manager hold (down) the fort Atlantean be for someone to do something baby-sit borne taking tab relieve someone of something elude safe pair of hands take the blame ease derelict defection repose ultimate feather merchant in loco parentis age baton navigator the job ladder career ladder point man legal liability the weight of the world vigilante unyielding supposed peccavi position of trust limited partnership self-appointed stick river police blocker mismanage take (or bear) the consequences old army game behove blamestorming leave take a back seat producer comeback packhorse binding governor charge hand environment committee pick up the ball and run with it geographer general chore boy commissioner implicate harmless fifty-fifty form mistress simple prebend tie form teacher evade admonish cake step hold the bag be (like) a millstone around your neck initiation know best mistress ought the buck stops here (or with someone) transfer oversight bureaucracy neglect excuse saddle someone with something line of duty assumed debt supervisor Security Council adultness goof innocently chief executive cure the final say employer liability minister without portfolio colleague careworn office-bearer negligent publisher showrunner shrug off serve no–fault pick up sole proprietor liability gas board firewatch form master put in unload watching brief encharge denial reference minority general liability industrial democracy job expectations pigeon admit board co- electoral college avoid bound division overladen corresponding do-nothing press someone/something into service lay something on on projection prerogative lateral remove art edit albatross below my paygrade car charger fall on anything to do with purge survey managerial weigh on sb/sth withdraw turn over to gotcha secretary environment agency social conscience tsar risk sharing rentalsman range deindividuation give sth over to sth/sb layer main line hold the baby household infantry criminal liability conscientious fall on one's sword first lieutenant bite off more than one can chew czar vicarious liability job-share hit-and-run pivot solidarity control cosignatory deadbeat it's your funeral incriminate inspire the ball is in someone’s court lay noblesse oblige guarantor make a man (out) of sb a new broom sweeps clean accreditation be above (or beyond) one's pay grade be junior to someone become charity begins at home bind bishopric C2 have a duty/responsibility/obligation etc (to do something) lumber commissary step up to the plate public office majority toed freeload self-management take something forward steward dodger relegate step on someone’s toes civil liability someone's lookout groupthink author nominate warranty take office goalkeeper hand sth/sb over managing director communications director credit reporting line dip into CFO rap manservant chief buddy system bank token regulatory affairs vertical loading desert neuropath service charming bond the man of the house the lady of the house conservator empire builder overlap mother the buck stops here chief executive officer fire command factor adulthood chancery keyholder take (sth) over publicity machine rector reserved trustee in bankruptcy devolve sth to sb poke by it takes two to tango bar mitzvah heir front you would not see someone for dust status rotation wardrobe mistress be left holding the baby sphere de son tort party stakeholder saddle with self–appointed household brigade fire commissioner relieve of keep your end up conservative communitarianism co-pilot age of discretion green job grading field officer coverage get out of something legal list clear educator churchwarden Secretary of State sole-charge on your own head be it Pundit of the Supreme Court empire-building bag pastoral payrolling armchair Railtrack rotational risk pooling back tough love endorse strong mayor subdelegate brief corporative work editor Household Cavalry humanistic psychology balk Inauguration Day circumspect dotted line cop take it turns sole on your (own) head be it joint custody it’s/that’s your lookout gendarme downshift pin saddle sb with sth public charge limitation of liability ex Hellenism duty of faith strategic business unit nebbish defalcation revisor thrust equestrian director job enlargement diminished responsibility KGB free on board intrapreneurship strict liability active citizen area board enforcer shrug bug existentialist weather wheel defenceman heart paternalize legal entity management by delegation turnkey zone of action artistic director child take turns turn sth over to sb two–way abandon big society creative director committeeship CTO curtilage Irish guard hoghenhine labour secretary lower house high commission first among equals individualism Ltd joint liability patriate answerable noncustodial legislature denazification cornerback sexualize value rota takeover train dispatcher buyer Distinguished Service Medal gang rider neighbourhood watch raffish incurrence rigging slinger adversarial for my sins caretaker Reithian Küng Ten Commandments solely trucial accountableness baler bail on your own responsibility risky shift church council Rates Tribunal crime against humanity stage manager rebut social market safety credit rating executive director holder in due course home office public liability inculcate primary 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Words For "responsibility"

As you've probably noticed, words for "responsibility" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this word similarity engine, the top 5 related words for "responsibility" are: charge, blame, irresponsible, job, and buck. There are 883 other words that are related to or similar to responsibility listed above. Hopefully the generated list of words for "responsibility" above suit your needs. If not, you might want to check out Related Words - another project of mine which uses a different technique (not though that it works best with single words, not phrases).

About Reverse Dictionary

The way Reverse Dictionary works is pretty simple. It simply looks through tonnes of dictionary definitions and grabs the ones that most closely match your search query. For example, if you type something like "longing for a time in the past", then the engine will return "nostalgia". The engine has indexed several million definitions so far, and at this stage it's starting to give consistently good results (though it may return weird results sometimes). It acts a lot like a thesaurus except that it allows you to search with a definition, rather than a single word. So in a sense, this tool is a "search engine for words", or a sentence to word converter.

I made this tool after working on Related Words which is a very similar tool, except it uses a bunch of algorithms and multiple databases to find similar words to a search query. That project is closer to a thesaurus in the sense that it returns synonyms for a word (or short phrase) query, but it also returns many broadly related words that aren't included in thesauri. So this project, Reverse Dictionary, is meant to go hand-in-hand with Related Words to act as a word-finding and brainstorming toolset. For those interested, I also developed Describing Words which helps you find adjectives and interesting descriptors for things (e.g. waves, sunsets, trees, etc.).

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