responsibility

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

RESPONSIBIL'ITY, noun [from responsible.] 1. The state of being accountable or answerable, as for a trust or office, or for a debt. It is used in the plural; as heavy responsibilities. 2. Ability to answer in payment; means of paying contracts.
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