responsible
Having the duty of taking care of something; answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.
Example
“Parents are responsible for their child's behaviour.”
Other meanings
Being a primary cause of a situation or action and thus able to be blamed or credited for it.
“Who is responsible for this mess?”
Answerable to (a superior).
Related words
- nonresponsible
- responsibilize
- semiresponsible
- superresponsible
- unresponsible
- eco-responsible
- co-responsible
- responsible trading
- irresponsible
- irresponsibility
- responsibility
- responsibleness
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "responsus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “responsible” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.