take responsibility

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

take responsibility (third-person singular simple present takes responsibility, present participle taking responsibility, simple past took responsibility, past participle taken responsibility)

1. To blame oneself for something; to acknowledge a fault.

   I take responsibility for my poor choice; it was my fault.

2. To accept or take on an obligation or liability.

   The new captain will take responsibility for the ship at the beginning of January.

Translations

to blame oneself for something; to acknowledge a fault

• Finnish: ottaa vastuu, kantaa vastuu
• French: assumer la responsabilité
• Hungarian: felelősséget vállal, vállalja a felelősséget
• Polish: brać odpowiedzialność impf, wziąć odpowiedzialność pf
• Portuguese: responsabilizar (pt) (reflexive)

accept an obligation or liability

• Esperanto: responsi