co-responsible

American  

[koh-ri-spahn-suh-buhl] / ˌkoʊ rɪˈspɑn sə bəl /

adjective

1. collectively or jointly responsible.

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Other Word Forms

• co-responsibility noun

Example Sentences

Under the convention, both members of the couple, who were not married, were presented as “co-responsible” and “co-caretakers” of the animal, not “co-owners,” which avoided treating the pet as a “thing” or “shared good.”

From Seattle Times

She said it was a "pioneering ruling" because her client was able to declare herself not as a "co-owner" of Panda but as "co-responsible" and as a "co-carer".

From BBC

“I call on our partners in the international community to be co-responsible and have solidarity with Venezuelan migrants and refugees, and with the countries that receive them,” he said.

From Reuters

The amendment included a sentence of up to three years in prison for any false claim that “the Polish Nation or the Republic of Poland is responsible or co-responsible for Nazi crimes committed by the Third Reich.”

From The New Yorker

Poland’s nationalist government is in the process of enacting legislation to criminalize speech that “claims, publicly and contrary to the facts, that the Polish Nation or the Republic of Poland is responsible or co-responsible for Nazi crimes committed by the Third Reich.”

From The Wall Street Journal