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1
a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success
- though his small size is a liability as a football player, he makes up for it with speed
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- head start,
- jump,
- lead,
- margin,
- start
- ascendancy
- (also ascendency),
- better,
- command,
- control,
- drop,
- mastery,
- predominance,
- superiority,
- supremacy,
- transcendence,
- upper hand
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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
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3
the state of being left without shelter or protection against something harmful
- failure to properly clean the wound could increase your liability to infection
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4
the quality or state of being likely to occur
- what's the liability that he'll file a formal complaint if he's refused admission?
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5
usually liabilities plural
something (as money) which is owed
- your liabilities total about $200,000
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“Liability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liability. Accessed 16 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of liability was in 1705
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