responsabilité

French

Etymology

Modelled after or borrowed from English responsibility, corresponding to responsable +‎ -ité.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.te/

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Noun

responsabilité f (plural responsabilités)

1. responsibility

   Antonym: irresponsabilité

   prendre ses responsabilités ― to take responsibility for one's actions

Derived terms

• coresponsabilité

Related terms

• responsabiliser

Further reading

• “responsabilité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.