'Liability' definitions:
Definition of 'liability'
From: WordNet
noun
The state of being legally obliged and responsible
noun
An obligation to pay money to another party [syn: indebtedness, liability, financial obligation]
noun
Definition of 'Liability'
From: GCIDE
- Liability \Li`a*bil"i*ty\ (l[imac]`[.a]*b[i^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. Liabilities (-t[i^]z). [1913 Webster]
- 1. The state of being liable; as, the liability of an insurer; liability to accidents; liability to the law. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which one is under obligation to pay, or for which one is liable. Specifically, in the pl., the sum of one's pecuniary obligations; -- opposed to assets. [1913 Webster]
- Limited liability. See Limited company, under Limited. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'liability'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a thing for,
- accountability,
- accountableness,
- accounts payable,
- accounts receivable,
- affinity,
- amenability,
- amount due,
- answerability,
- answerableness,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- arrearage,
- arrears,
- bad debts,
- barrier,
- bent,
- bias,
- bill,
- bills,
- borrowing,
- burden,
- cast,
- chance,
- charges,
- chits,
- conatus,
- conduciveness,
- damage,
- debit,
- debt,
- dedication to duty,
- defenselessness,
- delight,
- detriment,
- devotion to duty,
- diathesis,
- disadvantage,
- disposition,
- drawback,
- due,
- dues,
- duteousness,
- dutifulness,
- eagerness,
- encumbrance,
- expectation,
- exposure,
- fair expectation,
- favorable prospect,
- feeling for,
- financial commitment,
- floating debt,
- funded debt,
- good chance,
- handicap,
- harm,
- helplessness,
- hindrance,
- hitch,
- hurt,
- impairment,
- impediment,
- inclination,
- incumbency,
- indebtedness,
- indebtment,
- injury,
- leaning,
- likelihood,
- likeliness,
- liking,
- loss,
- loss of ground,
- maturity,
- mischief,
- nakedness,
- national debt,
- nonimmunity,
- obligation,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- odds,
- onus,
- openness,
- outlook,
- outstanding debt,
- penchant,
- pledge,
- predilection,
- predisposition,
- prejudice,
- presumption,
- presumptive evidence,
- probabilism,
- probability,
- proclivity,
- proneness,
- propensity,
- prospect,
- public debt,
- readiness,
- reasonable ground,
- reasonable hope,
- responsibility,
- responsibleness,
- score,
- sense of duty,
- sense of obligation,
- sensitivity to,
- snag,
- soft spot,
- step backward,
- susceptibility,
- tendency,
- tropism,
- turn,
- twist,
- uncollectibles,
- unfulfilled pledge,
- verisimilitude,
- vulnerability,
- warp,
- weakness,
- well-grounded hope,
- willingness