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esponsibility
n. 1 accountability, liability, chargeability, answerability,
obligation: Responsibility is one of the burdens a parent must
undertake. 2 charge, duty, onus, burden, trust, job, role,
task: Has Ted taken on more responsibilities than he can
handle? It is your responsibility to see that the children are
awakened in time for school. 3 blame, guilt, fault, culpability:
Professor Davies assumed full responsibility for the failure of
the experiment. 4 dependability, reliability, trustworthiness,
stability, accountability, creditability: Before accommodating
you with a loan, Mr Stokes, we must confirm your financial
responsibility.
responsible
adj. 1 accountable, answerable, liable, chargeable: The court
determined that she was not responsible for her actions. 2
reliable, trustworthy, dependable, stable, creditable,
accountable, ethical, honest: If teenagers can show that they
are sufficiently responsible, the bank will lend them money for
their enterprise. 3 executive, leading, authoritative,
administrative, important, decision-making, managerial,
directorial, principal, chief, top, US front-office: Oliver
played a responsible role in the running of the company. 4
guilty, to blame, at fault, culpable: We never found out who
was responsible for putting the frog in the teacher's desk.
responsive
adj. alert, alive, (wide-)awake, reactive, communicative,
sharp, keen, receptive, sensitive, open, sympathetic: I was
delighted to find students who were so responsive to the ideas
put forth in my lectures.
rest° n. 1 repose, sleep, nap, doze, siesta, slumber, Chiefly Brit
lie-down, Colloq forty winks, zizz, snooze; shut-eye: I think
I'll have a bit of a rest before dinner. 2 relaxation,
intermission, interval, interlude, entr'acte, rest period,
cessation, (tea or coffee) break, recess, breather,
breathing-spell, respite, time off, holiday, Chiefly US and
Canadian vacation: Why don't you take a rest for a while? 3
ease, relaxation, leisure, indolence, idleness, inactivity,
loafing, dozing: His well-deserved rest was disturbed by an
urgent request from Interpol to investigate a smuggling
operation. 4 prop, support, holder, brace, trestle, shelf,