responsibility _noun

ADJECTIVES

full, total, complete
・The manager takes full responsibility for the project.

great, heavy, weighty, awesome, onerous, major
・Being a teacher comes with great responsibility.

overall, primary, prime, ultimate 
・The surgeon has the ultimate responsibility for the patient's well-being.

sole • direct • special, particular
・She has sole responsibility for the budget.

additional, increased • diminished
・Winning the contract brought increased responsibility for the company.

collective, joint, shared • individual, personal
・We all have a collective responsibility to protect the environment.

ministerial, parental, financial, administrative, legal, moral, social, statutory
・As citizens, we have a social responsibility to follow the laws.

VERBS

have • share
・As a driver, you have a responsibility to obey traffic laws.

accept, assume, bear, shoulder, take, take on, undertake
・You should accept responsibility for your mistakes.
・The government must take responsibility for ensuring the safety of its citizens.

carry out, discharge, fulfil
・The government has a responsibility to fulfill the needs of its citizens.

lay, place, put 
・The homeowner placed responsibility for maintaining the garden on a landscaper.

delegate, devolve, hand over 
・It's important to hand over responsibility to employees and trust them.

abdicate, evade, shirk, shift, avoid
・Parents can't abdicate responsibility for their children's well-being.

admit, claim 
・The terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the bomb attack.

deny, disclaim, duck
・The politician denied responsibility for the scandal.

allocate, assign, give 
・The teacher allocated responsibility for leading the class discussion to the students.

burden sb with • absolve sb from/of 
・The company was burdened with the responsibility of providing proper safety measures for their employees.

fall on, lie with, rest with
・When the team leader resigned, the responsibility fell on him to manage the project.

PREPOSITIONS

for
・He accepted responsibility for the failure.

to, towards
・She feels a strong sense of responsibility towards her students.

PHRASES

a burden of responsibility
・Taking care of her sick mother was a heavy burden of responsibility.

a position of responsibility
・Sarah found herself in a position of responsibility for the success of the team.

a sense of responsibility 
・Mary felt a sense of responsibility to help her neighbor.

do sth on your own responsibility
・The employee did on their own responsibility and found a solution to the problem.

the age of criminal responsibility
・In many countries, the age of criminal responsibility is 18 years old.

duties and responsibilities, rights and responsibilities
・social rights and responsibilities