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responsible(dictionary)

responsible (iou)



responsible adjective. L16.
[French responsible, from Latin respons-: see RESPONSE, -IBLE. Cf. earlier RESPONSABLE.]
Correspondent, answering, to. L16-L17.
Answerable, accountable, (to); liable to be called to account; having authority or control; being the cause. (Foll. by for.) M17.
Joyce He was not responsible,..he had come on the scene by..accident. L. Woolf A..useless war for which the..governments were mainly responsible. E. Young-Bruehl Freud was financially responsible for his parents.
b. Accountable for one's actions; capable of rational conduct. M19.
Capable of fulfilling an obligation or trust; reliable, trustworthy; of good credit, social position, or reputation. L17.
F. Weldon He was large, handsome and responsible.
b. Of respectable appearance. arch. L18.
Involving responsibility or obligation. M19.
A. Miller You don't raise a guy to a responsible job who whistles in the elevator!
responsibleness noun E18.
responsibly adverb M19.