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The individual who bears the responsibility for something.
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An actor taking on the lesser roles in repertory theatre.
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(followed by "for") Having the duty of taking care of something; answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.
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Parents are responsible for their child's behaviour.
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(followed by "for") Being a primary cause of a situation or action and thus able to be blamed or credited for it.
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Who is responsible for this mess?
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(followed by "to") Answerable to (a superior).
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(of a job or position) Involving important duties; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.
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She has a responsible position in the firm.
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Having good judgment in decision-making.
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Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy.
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He looks like a responsible guy.
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Capable of rational conduct and thus morally accountable for one's behavior.
Examples of responsible in a Sentence
You're responsible for cleaning your own clothes and linens.
I'm directly responsible for all of this.
Certainly he wasn't responsible for their safety.
The responsible party remains at large.
It's good to hear you were the responsible one.
He was already responsible for her food and housing.
But Katie isn't the one responsible for my visits.
I hoped we'd find out what—or who—was responsible before it all went up in smoke.
She feels responsible for him.
I assume you're the one responsible for the new look.
She was unable to pin him down on the cases of ours she'd documented earlier but he practically admitted he was personally responsible for all them and more.
I'm responsible for Martha and Quinn and now maybe Betsy and Molly as well.
Were you responsible for killing Andre?
How responsible was that?
It was Romas-- the man responsible for dragging her across the universe-- who rescued her.
Dreams are fine as long as they're responsible, but acting stupid and doing the smart thing are miles apart!
Exactly. Victor is responsible for the deaths of countless werewolves.
I am not responsible for the successful working of the machinery of society.
You're the couple responsible for stopping him!
He wiped his prints and replaced it, wondering if Joseph or Ginger Dawkins was responsible for the gunshot at the mine.
I hold myself responsible for her death.
He wants to run down the tip and thank the guy who's responsible.
But then, maybe she felt that way because she knew he was financially responsible.
You were blaming me – making me responsible for his dilemma.
For each and all of his State acts one minister at least is responsible.
Why would they be responsible because Byrne acted like a jerk and decided to go for a midnight swim—drunk or sober?
He made mistakes, but he was willing to take ownership and responsible enough to take corrective action.
With so few remaining from his time, Xander was usually pleased to see the man responsible for killing any vamps Xander created.
At first he expected Carmen to lead the tour, but she reminded him that he was equally responsible for the business.
I know Alex likes to be in control, but there's a difference between being in control and constantly being responsible.
He's responsible about how he saves and spends his money and I've never known him to be influenced by money or power.
I thought you were responsible enough to wear the pants, but you're not even responsible enough to stay home and take care of your family!
He had always been responsible toward the children.
The Grey God was known as the Gatekeeper, the God responsible for tracking and managing the immortals in the human realm.
Pasteur first formulated the idea that bacteria are responsible for the diseases of fermented liquids; the corollary of this was a demand for pure yeast.
The captain was responsible for the freight and the ship; he had to replace all loss.
While the youth of Egyptological research is in part responsible for this, the reason lies still more in the nature of the religion itself and the character of the testimony bearing upon it.
The posters, more especially those of the evening papers, are very often preposterous as well as misleading, and, at such a time, those responsible may fairly be asked to exercise a reasonable restraint and help the nation to a just appreciation of the task it has undertaken and the necessity for unremitting effort to secure the only end that can be accepted."
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The ephors summoned and presided over meetings of the Gerousia and Apella, and formed the executive committee responsible for carrying out decrees.
The agriculturist has many enemies to contend with, the tax-gatherer being perhaps the most deadly; and drought, earthquakes, rats and locusts have at all periods been responsible for barren years.
Under what historical circumstances it was first distributed over Palestine and Syria is uncertain; it is a plausible conjecture that once more the north is responsible.'
Scattered evidence suggests that the Edomites were responsible for a new catastrophe.
The friction between him and General d'Aurelle de Paladines resulted in the loss of the advantage temporarily gained at Orleans, and he was responsible for the campaign in the east, which ended in the destruction of Bourbaki's army.
Rapid changes among the fellows found him at the age of twenty-six "the senior and most responsible of the four Balliol tutors."
In 1836 he was elected member for Halifax in the provincial assembly, and during the next twelve years devoted himself to attaining responsible government for Nova Scotia.
Largely owing to Howe's statesmanship responsible government was finally conceded in 1848 by the imperial authorities, and was thus gained without the bloodshed and confusion which marked its acquisition in Ontario and Quebec. In 1850 he was appointed a delegate to England on behalf of the Intercolonial railway, for which he obtained a large imperial guarantee.
His tenure of office lasted two years, and was marked by the drafting of a temporary constitution which should give representative institutions to the Transvaal until such time as it should be safe to concede responsible government.
This constitution was never put in force, as Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Ministry determined that they would risk the grant of responsible government at once.
There are five chief political divisions in the country - namely, Kabul, Turkestan, Herat, Kandahar and Badakshan, titu- ' 'flon Cons and each of which is ruled by a " naib " or governor, who is directly responsible to the amir.