responsibleness

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /rɪˈspɑnsəbəlnəs/ UK /rɪˈspɒnsɪblnəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the quality of being responsible or accountable

His responsibleness made him the obvious choice for leader.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of being... responsibility accountability answerability dependability reliability trustworthiness

Opposites

irresponsibilityunreliability

Word family

Related forms responsible responsibility respond response

Etymology

From responsible + -ness, from Latin responsus, past participle of respondere ('to answer, pledge in return'), from re- ('back') + spondere ('to promise, pledge').

respondere Latin spondere Latin

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Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# responsibleness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /rɪˈspɑnsəbəlnəs/
**IPA (UK):** /rɪˈspɒnsɪblnəs/

## Meanings
1. the quality of being responsible or accountable

## Examples
- His responsibleness made him the obvious choice for leader.

## Synonyms
- responsibility
- accountability
- answerability
- dependability
- reliability
- trustworthiness

## Antonyms
- irresponsibility
- unreliability

## Related Forms
- responsible
- responsibility
- respond
- response

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: respondere
- Root: spondere

## Etymology
From responsible + -ness, from Latin responsus, past participle of respondere ('to answer, pledge in return'), from re- ('back') + spondere ('to promise, pledge').

## AI Etymology
Responsibleness is from responsible + -ness, from Latin responsus, past participle of respondere ('to answer, pledge in return'), from re- ('back') + spondere ('to promise, pledge'). Important recorded forms include respondere (Latin) and spondere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers the quality of being responsible or accountable. The wider family includes related words such as responsible, responsibility, respond, and response.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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