Entry Word: liability

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success <his allergy to eggs turned out to be a big liability when he tried to learn how to bake cookies> — see disadvantage
2 the state of being held as the cause of something that needs to be set right <the liability for the accident is held by the person who was driving too fast> — see responsibility 1
3 the state of being left without shelter or protection against something harmful <if you donʼt clean that cut right away, youʼll have a liability to infection> — see exposure 1