RESPONSIBLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does responsibleness mean? 

• RESPONSIBLENESS (noun)
  The noun RESPONSIBLENESS has 1 sense:

1. a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct

  Familiarity information: RESPONSIBLENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESPONSIBLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

responsibility; responsibleness

Context example:

he holds a position of great responsibility

Hypernyms ("responsibleness" is a kind of...):

trustiness; trustworthiness (the trait of deserving trust and confidence)

Attribute:

responsible (worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable)

irresponsible (showing lack of care for consequences)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "responsibleness"):

fault (responsibility for a bad situation or event)

accountability; answerability; answerableness (responsibility to someone or for some activity)

dependability; dependableness; reliability; reliableness (the quality of being dependable or reliable)

Holonyms ("responsibleness" is a part of...):

character; fiber; fibre (the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions)

Antonym:

irresponsibleness (a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions)

Derivation:

responsible (worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable)

responsible (having an acceptable credit rating)