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esponsibility<br />

n. 1 accountability, liability, chargeability, answerability,<br />

obligation: Responsibility is one of the burdens a parent must<br />

undertake. 2 charge, duty, onus, burden, trust, job, role,<br />

task: Has Ted taken on more responsibilities than he can<br />

handle? It is your responsibility to see that the children are<br />

awakened in time for school. 3 blame, guilt, fault, culpability:<br />

Professor Davies assumed full responsibility for the failure of<br />

the experiment. 4 dependability, reliability, trustworthiness,<br />

stability, accountability, creditability: Before accommodating<br />

you with a loan, Mr Stokes, we must confirm your financial<br />

responsibility.<br />

responsible<br />

adj. 1 accountable, answerable, liable, chargeable: The court<br />

determined that she was not responsible for her actions. 2<br />

reliable, trustworthy, dependable, stable, creditable,<br />

accountable, ethical, honest: If teenagers can show that they<br />

are sufficiently responsible, the bank will lend them money for<br />

their enterprise. 3 executive, leading, authoritative,<br />

administrative, important, decision-making, managerial,<br />

directorial, principal, chief, top, US front-office: Oliver<br />

played a responsible role in the running of the company. 4<br />

guilty, to blame, at fault, culpable: We never found out who<br />

was responsible for putting the frog in the teacher's desk.<br />

responsive<br />

adj. alert, alive, (wide-)awake, reactive, communicative,<br />

sharp, keen, receptive, sensitive, open, sympathetic: I was<br />

delighted to find students who were so responsive to the ideas<br />

put forth in my lectures.<br />

rest°<br />

n. 1 repose, sleep, nap, doze, siesta, slumber, Chiefly Brit<br />

lie-down, Colloq forty winks, zizz, snooze; shut-eye: I think<br />

I'll have a bit of a rest before dinner. 2 relaxation,<br />

intermission, interval, interlude, entr'acte, rest period,<br />

cessation, (tea or coffee) break, recess, breather,<br />

breathing-spell, respite, time off, holiday, Chiefly US and<br />

Canadian vacation: Why don't you take a rest for a while? 3<br />

ease, relaxation, leisure, indolence, idleness, inactivity,<br />

loafing, dozing: His well-deserved rest was disturbed by an<br />

urgent request from Interpol to investigate a smuggling<br />

operation. 4 prop, support, holder, brace, trestle, shelf,

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