Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being responsible; responsibility.
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- noun The state of being
responsible ;responsibility .
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- noun a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct
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Examples
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It's the kind of responsibleness that goes with havin 'one boot that's wearin' me out.
Cap'n Eri Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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But he was also aware of the dangers of letting the pendulum swing too far in the other direction when he warned: "Freedom threatens to degenerate into mere license and arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness."
Alex Pattakos: Philosopher Hypatia: An Inspiration for the Ages 2010
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On this point, the world-renown Viennese psychiatrist and philosopher, Viktor Frankl, warns us that "freedom threatens to degenerate into mere license and arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness."
Alex Pattakos: Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Meaning 2008
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Is it the smallness of the country, or is it the pride and affection of race, they have solidarity, or responsibleness, and trust in each other.
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It has, too, the advantage of suggesting responsibleness.
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But it did show that he had a sense of responsibleness, and a good one.
Thankful's Inheritance Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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I never felt that responsibleness but once -- except when I got married, of course -- and that was a good many years ago, when I was going to sea on long v'yages, and was cruising around the East Indies, in the latitude of our new troubles, the Philippines.
Cape Cod Stories Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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But since woman is an independent being, endowed with a separate responsibleness, she has a distinct personal destiny to fulfil as much as he has, and should be granted an equal freedom of individuality.
The Friendships of Women William Rounseville Alger 1863
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We suppose an intelligent personality, a free will, indispensable to responsibleness and alone amenable to retributions.
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863
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Is it the smallness of the country, or is it the pride and affection of race, -- they have solidarity, or responsibleness, and trust in each other.
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