responsibleness

noun

Definition of responsiblenessnext
as in responsibility

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  1. responsibility
  2. vigilance
  3. watchfulness
  4. circumspection
Noun
  • But when a traumatic drunken night resurfaces, Júlía must confront shame, family responsibilities and the courage to tell her own story, reads the logline.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Russian officials have denied responsibility for all such incursions.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of responsibility
Noun
  • Nurses form the essential backbone of post-neurosurgery ICU care, providing continuous vigilance and skilled bedside assessment after complex spine and cranial procedures.
    — Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Officials across the islands are opening shelters, canceling events and urging vigilance as Lala’s impacts spread toward Maui, Oahu and Kauai, a region still scarred by recent floods.
    — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of vigilance
Noun
  • For now, the consensus among Wall Street’s economists is less alarm than watchfulness.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • But the book’s ruminative watchfulness is unsuccessfully conjugated in this overly sedate play with music, which has the feel of a song cycle, though sung by the fine cast with gorgeous, lonely sorrow.
    — Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 19 June 2026
Definition of watchfulness
Noun
  • Faragna motioned to Nardulli to step to one side and spoke into his ear with circumspection.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The machine moves with circumspection, as if consciousness had just been ensouled in a new body.
    — Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 6 July 2026
Definition of circumspection
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“Responsibleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/responsibleness. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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