responsibleness

noun

Definition of responsiblenessnext
as in responsibility

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  1. responsibility
  2. vigilance
  3. watchfulness
  4. circumspection
Noun
  • Part of the commission’s responsibility is to preserve the historic sight lines of national landmarks.
    — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The jury can also convict Clancy of lesser charges — second-degree murder or manslaughter — or deem her not guilty due to lack of criminal responsibility.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of responsibility
Noun
  • Too many Black women leave childbirth feeling unheard, and many doulas walk into labor rooms believing that vigilance is what keeps their patients safe.
    — Debra Eluobaju, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Such vigilance and concerted action spurred self-regulation in movies and television decades ago.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of vigilance
Noun
  • The multiple heads can be said to represent divine watchfulness of the world and devotees.
    — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • For now, the consensus among Wall Street’s economists is less alarm than watchfulness.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 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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