Definitions for responsible

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responsible re·spon·si·ble

Spelling: [ri-spon-suh-buh l]

IPA: /rɪˈspɒn sə bəl/

Responsible is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 1010 anagrams from letters in responsible (beeilnoprss).

Definitions for responsible

adjective

1. answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for):
2. involving accountability or responsibility, as in having the power to control or manage:
3. chargeable with being the author, cause, or occasion of something (usually followed by for):
4. having a capacity for moral decisions and therefore accountable; capable of rational thought or action:
5. able to discharge obligations or pay debts.
6. reliable or dependable, as in meeting debts, conducting business dealings, etc.
7. (of a government, member of a government, government agency, or the like) answerable to or serving at the discretion of an elected legislature or the electorate.

Origin of responsible

1590-1600; Latin respōns(us) (see response) + -ible

Examples for responsible

The Guaraldi music is certainly at least 50 percent responsible for A Charlie Brown Christmas becoming as iconic as it has.

They are doled out to you, and you are responsible for them.

If Maggie had made bad arrangements for her baby, Maggie was responsible.

The question, he said, was one for a responsible Ministry alone to handle.

“Mona Iraqi is responsible for 25 families losing their lives,” he said, speaking figuratively.

Yes, he had replaced it—because he was responsible for its custody.

Students deemed “responsible” for alleged sexual assaults on college campuses can face little or no consequence for their acts.

Not only am I responsible to him, but He is responsible for me.

“They also were responsible for the Barcelona subway plot,” a plan disrupted by Spanish law enforcement in 2008.

Uzbeks were responsible for a recent attack on Karachi airport, he said, and “it looks like of the attack in Peshawar is same.”