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RESPONSIBLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being the agent or cause
Example:
termites were responsible for the damage
Synonyms:
responsible; responsible for
Classified under:
Similar:
causative (producing an effect)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable
Example:
the cabinet is responsible to the parliament
Classified under:
Similar:
accountable (liable to account for one's actions)
answerable (morally or legally responsible to a higher authority)
amenable (liable to answer to a higher authority)
liable (held legally responsible)
trustworthy (taking responsibility for one's conduct and obligations)
Also:
obligated (caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course)
prudent (careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment)
trustworthy; trusty (worthy of trust or belief)
Attribute:
responsibility; responsibleness (a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct)
Antonym:
irresponsible (showing lack of care for consequences)
Derivation:
responsibility; responsibleness (a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having an acceptable credit rating
Example:
a responsible borrower
Synonyms:
creditworthy; responsible
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
trustworthy; trusty (worthy of trust or belief)
Derivation:
responsibleness (a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct)
Context examples:
The portion of the rodent stomach that is responsible for storage and digestion of food particles but does not contain the gastric mucosa-associated glands.
(Nonglandular Stomach, NCI Thesaurus)
Certain allelic variants of the BCHE gene are responsible for hypocholinesterasemia, resulting in suxamethonium sensitivity and post-anesthetic apnea.
(BCHE wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
And now, for the first time in my life, I found myself responsible for some one else.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
In conjunction with myosin, actin is responsible for the contraction and relaxation of muscle.
(Actin, NCI Thesaurus)
In other words, Lord Avon, I make myself responsible, as the representative of the law, that you are held in safe custody until your person may be required of me.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A person who is responsible for establishing and managing user accounts.
(Account Administrator, NCI Thesaurus)
These results showed that the receptor responsible for detecting carbon dioxide also detects skin odorants.
(How mosquitoes detect people, NIH)
Could not be a better time, Sir Walter, for having a choice of tenants, very responsible tenants.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Considered the workhorse molecules of cells, proteins are responsible for nearly every task in living systems.
(Study shows limitations of method for determining protein structure, National Science Foundation)
Binding to CNS nicotinic acetylcholine receptors causes the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine which appears to be responsible for the addiction of nicotine.
(Nicotine lozenge, NCI Thesaurus)
