'Responsibleness' definitions:
Definition of 'responsibleness'
From: WordNet
noun
A form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; "he holds a position of great responsibility" [syn: responsibility, responsibleness] [ant: irresponsibility, irresponsibleness]
Definition of 'Responsibleness'
From: GCIDE
- Responsible \Re*spon"si*ble\ (r?*sp?n"s?*b'l), a. [Cf. F. responsable. See Respond.]
- 1. Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to have a responsible man for surety. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Accountable; answerable; amenable. [1913 Webster] -- {Re*spon"si*ble*ness}, n. -- {Re*spon"si*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Responsibleness'
- Responsal,
- Response,
- Responsibility,
- Responsible,
- Responsibly,
- Responsion,
- Responsive,
- Responsively,
- Responsiveness,
- responsible for,
- Consultary response,
- anamnestic response,
- civic responsibility,
- conditional response,
- conditioned response,
- electrodermal response,
- frequency response,
- immune response,
- immunologic response,
- learned response,
- psychogalvanic response,
- reflex response,
- response time,
- sense of responsibility,
- startle response,
- conditioned avoidance response,
- conditioned emotional response,
- electrical skin response,
- galvanic skin response,
- humoral immune response,
- frequency-response characteristic,
- frequency-response curve,
- cell-mediated immune response