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Plural of responsibility

regular plural

The plural of responsibility is responsibilities.

Forms of responsibility

Singularresponsibility /ɹɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
Pluralresponsibilities /ɹɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ɪ.tiz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Responsibilities in a sentence

  • If parents, teachers, and ministers conducted their responsibilities by following the ratings, children would have a steady diet of ice cream, school holidays, and no Sunday school.1961 May 9, Newton N. Minow, Television and the Public Interest
  • My uncle is always happy to discharge his tutelary responsibilities towards me.From the entry tutelary
  • They promoted him to supervisor, with all the attendant responsibilities and privileges.From the entry attendant
  • He is fully capable of meeting his responsibilities.From the entry fully
  • The country is coming to grips and accepting its responsibilities.From the entry come to grips

Meaning of responsibility

  1. noun The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable.
  2. noun The state of being liable, culpable, or responsible for something in particular.
  3. noun A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.

Full definition of responsibility

Questions about the plural of responsibility

What is the plural of responsibility?
The plural of responsibility is responsibilities.
Is responsibility countable?
Responsibility is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: responsibility (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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