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Definition: Responsible |
ResponsibleAdjective1. Worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable; "a responsible adult"; "responsible journalism"; "a responsible position"; "the captain is responsible for the ship's safety"; "the cabinet is responsible to the parliament". 2. Being the agent or cause; "determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage". 3. Having an acceptable credit rating; "a responsible borrower". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "responsible" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
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Language | Liable to be called to account: accountable, responsible. . Source: European Union. (references) |
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Responsibility involves the obligation to answer for actions (the etymology of the word ultimately relates to Latin respondere (to reply).Generations of worry about a Christian Last Judgement have engrained a sense of "personal responsibility" into ethical decision-making. Any action seen as causing a situation can (in a hyper-critical society) become an occasion for sheeting home "responsibility" (blame).
In politics, calls for responsibility form a pejorative means of attacking political opponents. This habit of demanding behaviour aligned to one's own desires also occurs in other arenas: one expects "responsibility" from children, workmates and employees, meaning they should change their attitudes to suit the speaker.
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There were reports that the Palestinian group DFLP (Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine) took responsibility for the crashes, but this was denied by a senior officer of the group soon after. There are filmed reports of celebrations on the West Bank, although according to articles in the German magazine Stern and the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter at least one of them was staged. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat denounced the attacks, saying it was counterproductive to any peace between Israelis and Palestinians.Next in line to claim responsibility were the Taliban of Afghanistan. The Taliban government subsequently denounced the attack and claimed that it was not connected to Osama bin Laden, the terrorist living in Afghanistan who the U.S. government declared the prime suspect.
Although bin Laden's Al-Qaida organization has never explicitly claimed responsibility, it has praised the attacks and hinted that it was behind them and planning more. The group's spokesman, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, said in a video sent to al-Jazeera and broadcast in October 2001: "Americans should know, the storm of the planes will not stop. ... There are thousands of the Islamic nation's youths who are eager to die just as the Americans are eager to live."
Furthermore, intelligence experts speak of a "short list" of prime suspects -- groups that possess both the means and the motive to carry out the crime. It appears certain that all hijackers have Arabic origins, and none are Afghani; moreover, both in their immense scale, careful planning and refraining from claiming responsibility, the attacks are reminiscent of Al-Qaida's previous attacks.
Virtually all world leaders, including traditional enemies of the United States such as Libyan president Qadhafi, Palestinian leader Arafat, Iranian president Khatami, and the Afghanistan Taliban government, denounced the attacks and expressed sympathy for the American people. An exception was Saddam Hussein, then ruler of Iraq, who called the attacks the fruits of U.S. crimes against humanity.
Various Arab- and Muslim-world news sources carried opinion pieces and articles that pointed to some form of Zionist conspiracy to frame the Arab world to the benefit of Israel. It is interesting to note that in a Gallup survey of 10,000 inhabitants of sample countries with a Muslim majority, only 18% believed that the Arabs responsible.
Worldwide, a significant minority see the attack as an outcome of past United States involvement in the Middle East and surrounding area. They believe that such acts of terrorism are only to be expected given the economic and cultural power of the United States and the multinational corporations which are identified with it. The creation of pockets of hatred, according to this viewpoint, is an inevitable consequence of the overwhelming outside economic pressure placed on poor countries with minimal control of their political destiny. Notwithstanding this, the majority of people in most nations also believe that terrorism is an absolute evil, and that cause does not equal justification. However, some people who believe this also criticize the US's War on Terrorism, fearing that a violent response will only continue the cycle.
While Jemaah Islamiah head Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, would not get the spotlight in the United States until after the Bali nightclub bombings, he had a hand in the planning of September 11. His front company, Konsojaya, which was founded in 1994, helped fund Manila-based Operation Bojinka, which was a massive planned terrorist attack that would be foiled on January 5, 1995, when Filipino police found the project on honcho Ramzi Yousef's laptop in his apartment after a chemical fire broke out in the apartment. Yousef would get arrested in Pakistan the following month, but Khalid Sheik Mohammed ran away, and used plans and lessons learned to help shape September 11. Hambali's company was narrowly overlooked, so Hambali was able to go underground. He met with two of the September 11 hijackers, Khalid Almihdhar and Nawaf Alhazmi in the 2000 Al Qaeda Summit in January 2000. He also gave money to alleged "20th hijacker" Zacarias Moussaoui. Hambali got arrested in Thailand on August 11, 2003.
September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack - Full Timeline
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See also: "War on Terrorism" -- U.S. invasion of Afghanistan -- 2001 anthrax attack -- World Trade Center -- The Pentagon -- New York City -- Washington, D.C -- AA Flight 11 -- UA Flight 75 -- AA Flight 77 -- UA Flight 93 -- U.S. Department of Defense -- Operation Bojinka -- terrorism -- domestic terrorism -- Osama bin Laden -- Taliban -- Islamism -- Afghanistan -- collective trauma -- September 11
External Links & References
Official document containing information from intelligence and criminal investigation as released by the British PM Tony Blair on his official webside, October 4, 2001: Responsibility for the terrorist atrocities in the United States, 11 September 2001. See:
Also see
- http://www.pm.gov.uk/
- http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=97692
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/
For a non-Islamic perspective unreservedly justifying the attacks, see Indian communist revolutionary Vaskar Nandy's article in the Oct 27, 2001 issue of Economic and Political Weekly, Bombay, India.([1])
- THE INVESTIGATION: Fugitive on F.B.I. List Arrested Outside Chicago, New York Times, 9/20/2001
- Millions of shares sold before disaster, The Times, 9/18/2001
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Responsible government was a term used to refer to one major plank of the program used by the United Kingdom to grant independence to the so-called "white" dominions (notably Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and in contrast to its colonial possessions that did not see significant European settlement).In the aftermath of the American Revolution, the British government was sensitive to unrest in its remaining colonies with large populations of British colonists. After William Lyon Mackenzie's abortive Upper Canada Rebellion in 1837 and Louis-Joseph Papineau's matching Patriotes Rebellion in Lower Canada that lasted through the next year, Lord Durham was appointed governor general of Upper Canada (now Ontario) and given the task of examing the issues and determining how to defuse tensions. In his report, one of his recommendations was that colonies which were sufficiently developed should be granted "responsible government", a term which specifically meant the policy of British-appointed governors bowing to the will of elected colonial assemblies. It is worth noting that this is, even to this day, de facto rather than de jure in some former British colonies.
To take a specific example, the Governor-General of Canada, theoretically appointed by the Queen of Canada, has the power to veto any and all legislation passed by the Canadian Parliament. In practice, however, any breach of the policy of responsible government would undoubtedly touch off a constitutional crisis. (See Queen of Canada for more information on the Canadian monarchy.)
In time, the granting of responsible government became the first step on the road to complete independence. In contrast to the American experience, Canada (for example), gradually gained greater and greater autonomy over a considerable period of time (including 1867's British North America Act, 1931's Statute of Westminster, and even as late as the repatriation of the British North America Act in 1982).
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Synonyms: ResponsibleSynonyms: creditworthy (adj), responsible for(p) (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: irresponsible (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Duty | Verb: be the duty of; be incumbent; Adjective: on, be responsible; Adjective: behoove, become, befit, beseem; belong to, pertain to; fall to one's lot; devolve on; lie upon, lie on one's head, lie at one's door; rest with, rest on the shoulders of. take upon oneself; (promise); be bound to, become bound to, be sponsor for, become sponsor for; incur a responsibility; Noun: be under an obligation, stand under an obligation, lie under an obligation; have to answer for, owe to it oneself. |
Amenable, liable, accountable, responsible, answerable. | |
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Crosswords: Responsible |
| English words defined with "responsible": responsible for. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "responsible": Potentially responsible party. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "responsible": Sponsional. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Responsible" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (accountable, accountant, answerable, in charge of, person in charge, person responsible, responsible), Spanish (amenable, answerable, liable, responsible, trust). |
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Screenplays | What ever happened to responsible journalism (Sweet Home Alabama; writing credit: C. Jay Cox) I am not responsible for your assumption (Rush Hour; writing credit: Jim Kouf) And Albert is successful, he's responsible, and he's real good to his other kids (Look Who's Talking; writing credit: Amy Heckerling) Don't you get tired of always being the responsible one (Where the Boys Aren't 7; writing credit: Ariel Hart) There is one man responsible for the whole incidentand that man is Test (Raw Is War; writing credit: Brian Gewirtz; Paul Heyman) | |
Lyrics | I hope you're responsible, (Are You That Somebody; performing artist: Aaliyah) Turned me into a man, I'm so responsible (Differences; performing artist: Ginuwine) Logical, responsible, practical (The Logical Song; performing artist: Supertramp) | |
Clever | Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult. (references; author: unknown) The idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it. (references; author: unknown) No individual raindrop ever considers itself responsible for the flood. (references; author: unknown) Man blames fate for other accidents, but feels personally responsible when he makes a hole-in-one! (references; author: unknown) Our backgrounds and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. (references; author: unknown) | |
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 | First recognized in the 1930s, Venezuelan Encephalitis has been responsible for numerous outbreaks of febrile illnesses and encephalitis involving thousands of humans and hundreds of thousands of equines, primarily in tropical America. Credit: CDC. |  | This schematic drawing identifies the structures located at one end of the T. pallidum bacterium. A spirochete, this bacterium is responsible for the sexually transmitted disease, syphilis. Credit: CDC. |
 | O. volvulus, the filarial parasite responsible for causing Onchocerciasis , River Blindness, is transmitted to its human host through the bite of Simulium spp. flies such as the Black Fly. Credit: CDC. |  | Streptococcus pneumoniae the bacteria responsible for pneumococcal meningitis is very common and normally lives in the back of the nose and throat, or the upper respiratory tract. Credit: CDC. |
 | Mapping the Ocean Floor Joint NOAA-USGS Exclusive Economic Zone Project Office NOAA responsible for multi-beam bathymetric mapping program. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Vice Admiral H. Arnold Karo Expedition leader on OCEANOGRAPHER round the world cruise Karo was responsible for building the NOAA fleet of the 60's through early 90's Karo's vision was the multi-disciplinary ship OCEANOGRAPHER used for physical, geophysical, and meteorological oceanography. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Lieutenant Commander Paul A. Smith headed aeronautical charting for C&GS He was responsible for producing over 60 million aeronautical charts per year He became Minister to International Civil Aviation Organization after war He went from Lieutenant Commander to Rear Admiral when made a Minister. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | The United States is responsible for maintaining South Pole Station. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | PHANTOM S2's manipulator arm carries seaweed responsible for overgrowing corals. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Figure 9. Buchanan piezometer (Water Model). John Buchanan was responsible for the systematic use of various apparatus for the study of sea water and its properties during the CHALLENGER Expedition. To that end, he invented and deployed numerous piezometers including this one that was tested March 6, 1876, in the south Atlantic at Lat. 37 S, Long. 43 W. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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Blaise Pascal | Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary. |
Fyodor Dostoyevski | Everyone is really responsible to all men for all men and for everything. |
Gail Hamilton | Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest. |
Henry Brooks Adams | Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself. |
Henry Ward Beecher | Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you, never excuse yourself. |
Publilius Syrus | The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Every man over forty is responsible for his face. |
Stanislaw J. Lec | No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | No constable shall compel any knight to give money in lieu of castle-guard, when he is willing to perform it in his own person, or (if he himself cannot do it from any reasonable cause) then by another responsible man. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The German Government shall be responsible for indemnifying its nationals so dispossessed. (reference) |
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | Let me say, in reply, that I do not hold myself responsible for any of the opinions expressed by the characters in my book |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Hence, for the responsible chief, the necessity of examining the smallest tuft of trees and appreciating the slightest details of contour |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And his face was serious and responsible. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This area is responsible for body movement and coordination. (references) | |
Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for most malaria deaths. (references) | ||
Disruptions of this flow are believed to be responsible for disease. (references) | ||
Business | It was responsible for overall policy. (references) | |
They are also responsible for collections. (references) | ||
Government agencies responsible for fighting corruption. (references) | ||
Children | Morocco | The commission is responsible for developing programs that facilitate their societal integration. (references) |
Pakistan | However, no legal action was taken against those found responsible for the misuse of government property. (references) | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | The Social Welfare Office is the government agency responsible for monitoring and protecting the welfare of children. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Cote d'Ivoire | Lapke was released, but no action was taken against the responsible gendarmes. (references) |
Burma | Teachers at all levels also continued to be held responsible for the political activities of their students. (references) | |
Libya | The ICS also is responsible for relations with other religions, including Christian churches in the country. (references) | |
Discrimination | Hong Kong | During the year, 41 complaints were received under the Family Status Discrimination Ordinance, which protects persons whose marital status changes, who have children, or who are responsible for caring for another family member, such as a child or elderly person; one of the complaints had gone to court and was pending at year's end. (references) |
Economic History | Guatemala | The Defense Minister is responsible for policy. (references) |
The Holy See | Three tribunals are responsible for judicial power. (references) | |
Human Rights | Nepal | Maoists were responsible for numerous abuses. (references) |
Uganda | It was unknown who was responsible for any of the attacks. (references) | |
Guinea | Family members and friends are responsible for feeding prisoners. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Colombia | The Indigenous Organization of Antioquia (OIA) held the AUC responsible. (references) |
Bangladesh | Bengalis formed a procession to protest the murder and to demand action against those responsible. (references) | |
Canada | At year's end, the court of appeals had ruled against the party challenge and held its leaders personally responsible for court costs; the Gitanyow case still was pending in the courts. (references) | |
Minorities | Azerbaijan | A senior government official is responsible for minority policy. (references) |
Netherlands | Minorities were increasingly responsible for these acts of racism. (references) | |
Pakistan | Leaders of the SSP have claimed that Shi'a extremists were responsible. (references) | |
Political Economy | Uzbekistan | Those responsible for documented abuses rarely are punished. (references) |
Haiti | Mobs were subsequently responsible for at least nine killings. (references) | |
Hong Kong | Beijing is only responsible for foreign affairs and defense of the HKSAR. (references) | |
Political Rights | Tanzania | Shehas (village headmen) were responsible for validating residency requirements for voting in the elections. (references) |
East Timor | In late October 1999, UNTAET became responsible for maintaining a police and military apparatus in East Timor. (references) | |
Swaziland | Chiefs are custodians of Swazi law and custom and are responsible for the day-to-day running of their chiefdom. (references) | |
Trade | Zambia | Banks are responsible for documenting payment. (references) |
Ukraine | Each center is responsible for testing a particular item. (references) | |
France | Responsible official of the exporting firm on each invoice. (references) | |
Travel | Pakistan | Tenants are generally responsible for utilities. (references) |
Taiwan | Landlords frequently require deposits of up to three-months' rent, and tenants are usually responsible for utilities. (references) | |
Cote D'ivoire | Personal Income Taxes: Called employee taxes, they are subject to numerous adjustments depending on the number of dependents an individual is responsible for supporting. (references) | |
Women | Mozambique | Women constitute slightly more than half the population but are responsible for two-thirds of economic production. (references) |
Guinea-Bissau | Women are responsible for most work on subsistence farms and have limited access to education, especially in rural areas. (references) | |
Italy | In 55 percent of these cases, husbands are the responsible parties, and in 10 percent of the cases, ex-husbands are responsible. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Austria | The OGB is exclusively responsible for collective bargaining. (references) |
Tajikistan | There is no government agency responsible for combating trafficking. (references) | |
India | State governments are responsible for enforcement of the Factories Act. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | BONDSMAN, n. A fool who, having property of his own, undertakes to become responsible for that entrusted to another to a third. Philippe of Orleans wishing to appoint one of his favorites, a dissolute nobleman, to a high office, asked him what security he would be able to give. "I need no bondsmen," he replied, "for I can give you my word of honor." "And pray what may be the value of that?" inquired the amused Regent. "Monsieur, it is worth its weight in gold." |
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Ellen Levin | Jennifer was a great kid. She was responsible, loyal, loving and kind. She had a gift of making people smile just by walking in the room. She was filled with life, and her zest and brightness touched everyone she knew. |
Rush Limbaugh | You're not responsible for global warming. |
Sean Penn | Here and there, but not so much. It's something that, you know, I've tried to do as much as I felt that I was being responsible to it and not just doing it on a fly-by-night basis. |
Victoria Principal | You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself. I try to treat people the way I would like to be treated, but I can't worry about what everyone's going to think. |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | For the justice of the laws passed by the States within the scope of their reserved powers they are not responsible to this Government. |
James K. Polk | 1845-1849 | None of the present States will be responsible for them any more than they are for the local institutions of each other. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | But if there is to be responsible party government, the party label must be something more than a mere device for securing office. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | This record has been made possible by the vigorous efforts of the agencies responsible for this program. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Akin to, and largely responsible for the sweeping changes in our industrial-military posture, has been the technological revolution during recent decades. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | That is the way to a responsible session and a responsive government. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | A responsible budget is not our only weapon to control inflation. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Responsible members of the world community do not threaten or invade their neighbors. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Democracy brings the undeniable value of thoughtful dissent, and we have heard some dissenting voices here at home, some reckless, most responsible. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Let's punish bad behavior and the refusal to be a student, a worker, a responsible parent. |
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| "Responsible" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Responsible" is used about 9,419 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 9,419 | 1,014 |
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Expressions using "responsible": be legally responsible for ♦ be responsible ♦ be responsible for ♦ be responsible for one's actions ♦ be responsible for smth. ♦ be responsible from ♦ hold responsible ♦ hold smb. responsible ♦ hold smb. responsible for smth. ♦ in responsible quarters ♦ jointly responsible ♦ legally responsible ♦ misleading the authorities responsible for the administraton of justice ♦ not responsible for one's actions ♦ partly responsible ♦ person responsible ♦ potentially responsible party ♦ responsible for ♦ responsible person ♦ socially responsible business practice. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "responsible": responsible-looking. | |
Ending with "responsible": environmentally-responsible, non-responsible, not-too-responsible, socially-responsible. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "responsible"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | verantwoordelik (accountable), aanspreeklik (accountable). (various references) | |
Albanian | përgjegjës (accountable, answerable, boss, chief, corresponding, counsellor, curator, foreman, liable, manager, responsive, supervisor), i zgjuar (apt, artful, astir, awake, awaken, bright, cagey, cagy, clever, exalted, ingenious, intelligent, nimble, quick, quick-witted, ready-witted, reasonable, sagacious, sharp, sharp-witted, sleepless, smart, wakeful, waking), i rëndësishëm (capital, consequential, earnest, epoch making, eventful, front page, grave, important, imported, impressive, inflated, jack in office, mattery, mouth-filling, notable, noteworthy, serious, sidy, significant, substantial, tidy), i besuar (confidential, credible, entrusting, faithful, trust, trustworthy, trusty). (various references) | |
Arabic | موثوق به (authentic), مسؤول (accountable, answerable, in charge of, in question, taking charge of), قادر على الوفاء بالتزاماته, ذو مسؤولية, جاد (dead earnest, earnest, meaningful, reliable, studious), جدير بالثقة (dependable, faithfulness, reliable, trustworthy), المسؤول (accountant). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сигурен (bound, certain, confident, copper-bottomed, dependable, good, infallible, necessary, positive, reliable, safe, secure, solid, steady, sure, tried, trustworthy, trusty, undoubted, unfailing, unfaltering), разумен (discriminate, equitable, intelligent, judicious, level, long-headed, politic, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible, thinking, understanding, well-judged), отговорен (accountable, amenable, answerable, liable), надежден (dependable, hopeful, likely, reliable, secure, sterling, straight, sure). (various references) | |
Chinese | 自 (conceited), 负责任, 有責任 (liable), 主管 (in charge, person in charge of). (various references) | |
Czech | rozvážný (calm, circumspect, collected, deliberate, discreet, politic, sedate, serene, sober), solidní (firm, reputable, robust, solid, sound, steady, stout, sturdy), odpovìdný (accountable, liable). (various references) | |
Danish | ansvarlig (accountable). (various references) | |
Dutch | verantwoordelijk, verantwoordelijk, verantwoordelýk (accountable), toerekenbaar (accountable), aansprakelijk, aansprakelijk, aansprakelýk (accountable). (various references) | |
Esperanto | respondeca, responda. (various references) | |
Farsi | مسلولیت دار, مسلول 2 (Liable, Undertaker, Undertaking), معتبر (Authentic, Authoritative, Credible, Creditable, Good, Reliable, Trusty, Valid), عهده دار, ابرومند (Honorable, Respectable, Respectful, Smug). (various references) | |
Finnish | vastuutuntoinen, vastuunalainen (accountable, answerable), vastuullinen (involving responsibility), tilivelvollinen, syyntakeinen, edesvastuullinen. (various references) | |
French | responsable. (various references) | |
Frisian | ferantwurdlik (accountable). (various references) | |
German | verantwortlich (accountable, accountably, answerable, liable, liably, resposible), mündig (appetizing, full-bodied, of age, Savory, savoury), zuständig (able, accomplished, appropriate, competent, relevant), haftbar (legally responsible, liable), beantwortbar (answerable). (various references) | |
Greek | υπεύθυνοσ (accountable, blameful, liable, reliable), υπεύθυνος (liable to, responsible for), υπαίτιοσ (culpable, liable), αρμόδιος (in charge), αξιόπιστοσ (credible, creditable, dependable, reliable, trustable, trustworthy, trusty). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אחראי (accountable, answerable, guarantor, in charge of, liable, person-in-charge, sponsor). (various references) | |
Hungarian | felelős (accountable, amenable, liable, to put the shoe on the right foot). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bertanggungjawab (account for, accountable, amenable). (various references) | |
Italian | responsabile (accountable, answerable, liable, person in charge). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 責任者 (responsible party), 責任者 (responsible party), 責任範囲 (area of responsibility, responsible area), 重職 (responsible position), 重" (appointing to a responsible post), 担"者 (responsible party, the one in charge), 息子' もしく育つ (to raise one's son to be responsible), 式部官 (official responsible for court ceremonies), 式部 (official responsible for court ceremonies), 引き受ける (to be responsible for, to contract, to guarantee, to take over, to take up, to undertake), 引受る (to be responsible for, to contract, to guarantee, to take over, to take up, to undertake), 引受ける (to be responsible for, to contract, to guarantee, to take over, to take up, to undertake), 主任 (person in charge, responsible official). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | た"とうしゃ (responsible party, the one in charge), しきぶか" (official responsible for court ceremonies), しきぶ (official responsible for court ceremonies), しゅに" (person in charge, responsible official), ひきうける (to be responsible for, to contract, to guarantee, to take over, to take up, to undertake), せきに"しゃ (responsible party), せきに"は"い (area of responsibility, responsible area), じゅうしょく (chief priest, responsible position), じゅうよう (appointing to a responsible post, appropriation to, earmarking for, essential, important, major, momentous, principal), ちょうよう (appointing to a responsible post, Chrysanthemum Festival, drafting, requisition, young and old). (various references) | |
Korean | 책임있". (various references) | |
Manx | freggyrtagh (accountable, answerable, answerer, answering, answering letter, compatible, congruence, fits, proportional, reactive, replicative, respondent), currymagh (attentive, considerate, dutiful, incumbent, painstaker). (various references) | |
Papiamen | responsabel (accountable). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | esponsibleray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | responsável (accountable, amenable, answerable, biddable, sponsor). (various references) | |
Romanian | solvabil (solvent, sound), demn de încredere (confiding, dependable, reliable, trustworthy, trusty, truthful), de rãspundere, competent (able, ably, apt, capable, competent, conversant, efficient, fit, proficient, salted, scholarly, useful). (various references) | |
Russian | ответственный (accountable, amenable, answerable, chargeable, liable). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | odgovoran (accountable, amenable, answerable, liable). (various references) | |
Spanish | responsable (accountable, liable). (various references) | |
Swedish | ansvarig (accountable, amenable, answerable, chargeable, liable), vederhäftig (solvent, unimpeachable), tillräknelig (accountable, irresponsible). (various references) | |
Turkish | sorumluluk sahibi, sorumluluk gerektiren, sorumlu (accountable, amenable, answerable, blameworthy, curator, ex cathedra, in charge of, keeper, liable, managing, rep), sağlam (able bodied, bankable, bouncing, calculable, cast iron, consolidated, dyed in grain, fast, firm, flat-footed, foolproof, foursquare, gilt-edged, good, granitic, Hale, hard, healthy, hearty, indissoluble, invulnerable, lusty, rugged, runproof, safe, scatheless, secure, secured, solid, sound, stable, stalwart, stanch, staunch, steady, steely, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, substantive, sure, tough, unfaltering, unshakable, unshaken, valid, whole), mesul (accountable, liable, managing), güvenilir (above suspicion, authentic, bankable, calculable, certain, confidential, credible, creditable, dependable, gilt-edged, regular, reliable, right hand, secure, solid, sound, stalwart, stanch, staunch, straight, sure, tried, trustworthy, trusty, unfailing, unsuspicious, worthy of credit), emin (assured, bailee, certain, clear, cocksure, confident, confidential, deliberate, fiduciary, firm, good, in the bag, proof, reliable, safe, secure, sound, stanch, staunch, sure, trustworthy, trusty, unfaltering). (various references) | |
Turkmen | jogapkдrli, jogapkar. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | відповідальний (accountable, amenable, answerable, chargeable, liable), надійний (calculable, certain, copper-bottomed, dependable, durable, fool-proof, never failing, reliable, safe, there, tried, trouble-free, trusty, unfailing), платоспроможний (financial, solvable, solvent). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chịu trách nhiệm có trách nhiệm; đứng đắn. (various references) | |
Welsh | cyfrifol (accountable, amenable, answerable, of repute), atebol (accountable, amenable, answerable). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | obedia, oboedias, oboediatis, oboediatur, oboediebat, oboediemus, oboediens, oboedient, oboediente, oboedientes, oboedientia, oboedientibus, oboedieris, oboedierit, oboedieritis, oboedierunt, oboediet, oboedio, oboedire, oboedirent, oboediret, oboedisti, oboedistis, oboedit, oboedite, oboeditionem, oboeditis, oboediunt, oboedivimus, oboedivit. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 13 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Tolle vestimentum eius qui spopondit pro extraneo et pro alienis auferto pignus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Tac the clothing of hym, that behotith for a straunger; and for an alien tac awei to hym a wed. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 13 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Kuhaa ang iyang panapton nga maoy pasalig sa usa ka dumuloong; Ug ibutang siya sa saad nga maoy pasalig alang sa usa ka lumalangyaw nga babaye. |
| Croatian | Uzmi haljinu onomu tko je jamèio za drugoga i oplijeni ga mjesto tuðinca. |
| Danish | Tag hans Klæder, han borged for en anden, pant ham for fremmedes Skyld! |
| Dutch | Als iemand voor een vreemde borg geworden is, neem zijn kleed, en pand hem voor een onbekende vrouw. |
| Finnish | Ota siltä vaatteet, joka toista takasi, ja ota häneltä pantti vieraan naisen tähden. |
| French | Prends son vêtement, car il a cautionné autrui; Exige de lui des gages, cause des étrangers. |
| German | Nimm dem sein Kleid, der für einen andern Bürge wird, und pfände ihn um der Fremden willen. |
| Hungarian | Vedd el a ruháját, mert kezes lett másért, és az idegenért zálogold meg. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Siapa mau menanggung utang orang lain, layak diambil miliknya sebagai jaminan janjinya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Jikalau orang telah menjadi pengaku akan orang dagang, maka ambillah jubahnya, gadaikanlah karena orang keluaran. |
| Italian | Prendigli il vestito perché si è fatto garante per uno straniero e tienilo in pegno per gli sconosciuti. |
| Maori | ¶ Tangohia te kakahu o te kaiwhakakapi mo te tangata ke; tona taunaha ano hoki mo ta te wahine ke. |
| Norwegian | Ta hans klær, han har gått i borgen for en annen, og ta pant av ham for en fremmed kvinnes skyld! |
| Portuguese | Tira a roupa quele que fica por fiador do estranho, e toma penhor daquele que se obriga por uma estrangeira. |
| Rumanian | Ia -i haina, cqci s`a pus chezaw pentru altul, ia -l zqlog kn locul unei strqine. - |
| Russian | чПЪШНЙ Х ОЕЗП МБФШЕ ЕЗП, ПФПНХ ЮФП ПО ПТХЮЙМУС ЪБ ЮХЦПЗП, Й ЪБ УФПТПООЕЗП ЧПЪШНЙ ПФ ОЕЗП ЪБМПЗ. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "responsible": responsibleness, responsiblenesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "responsible": irresponsible. (additional references) | |
Words containing "responsible": irresponsibleness, irresponsiblenesses, irresponsibles. (additional references) | |
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"Responsible" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: repsonsible, resonsible, responcible, respondsible, responible, responisble, responsable, responseble, responsib, responsibe, responsibile, responsibl, responsioble, resposible. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "responsible" (pronounced rēspÄ"nsubul) |
| 9 | -s p Ä" n s u b u l | irresponsible. |
| 6 | -n s u b u l | indefensible, indispensable, compensable, comprehensible, defensible, dispensable, incomprehensible, invincible, ostensible, reprehensible, sensible. |
| 5 | -s u b u l | inexplicable, accessible, addressable, admissible, collapsible, crucible, Embraceable, enforceable, erasable, fixable, flexible, forcible, immiscible, impassable, impermissible, impossible, inaccessible, inadmissible, incompressible, submersible, taxable, inflexible, irascible, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irreversible, leasable, miscible, nontaxable, noticeable, passable, peaceable, permissible, possible, reducible, replaceable, reversible, serviceable, traceable, unenforceable, untraceable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | incurable, indefatigable, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, acceptable, abominable, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, adjustable, admirable, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, culpable, curable, debatable, deductible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, employable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, flammable, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immovable, immutable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, teachable, tenable, terrible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irresistible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontransferable, notable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, palatable, palpable, parable, patentable, payable, perceptible, perishable, permeable, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, punishable, questionable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, reportable, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, retractable, returnable, reusable, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, tolerable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, tunable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-i-l-n-o-p-r-s-s" | |
-2 letters: bonspiels, isoprenes, leprosies, pilseners, possibler, sensibler. | |
-3 letters: berlines, boneless, bonspiel, ebonises, eloiners, epsilons, erepsins, erosible, isoprene, leporine, noblesse, obelises, pilsener, pilsners, pioneers, possible, prebless, preboils, prolines, reinless, response, ripeness, ropiness, sensible, spielers, spoilers. | |
-4 letters: beliers, berline, berlins, blesser, boilers, boreens, bossier, ebonies, ebonise, eloiner, elopers, enisles, enrobes, ensiles, eosines, epsilon, erepsin, insoles, ireless. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-i-l-n-o-p-r-s-s" | |
+2 letters: irresponsible. | |
+3 letters: impressionable, incompressible, irresponsibles, nonperishables, profitableness. | |
+4 letters: noncompressible, responsibleness. | |
+5 letters: profitablenesses, responsibilities, unprofitableness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Bible Trace 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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