responsible
adjective
answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to orfor ).
responsibleness
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a word derived from
responsible.
Example Sentences
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But there is a higher responsibleness than this, which they must not forget.
From The Religion of Politics A Sermon Delivered Before His Excellency John Davis, Governor, His Honor George Hull, Lieutenant Governor, The Honorable Council, And The Legislature Of Massachusetts, At The Annual Election, January 5, 1842. by Ezra S. (Ezra Stiles) Gannett
I have vowed not to accept again the responsibleness of a prophet.
From The Passionate Elopement by Compton MacKenzie
With this recognition of the Divine power and goodness must be united a sense of the responsibleness under which every one lies before God.
From The Religion of Politics A Sermon Delivered Before His Excellency John Davis, Governor, His Honor George Hull, Lieutenant Governor, The Honorable Council, And The Legislature Of Massachusetts, At The Annual Election, January 5, 1842. by Ezra S. (Ezra Stiles) Gannett
We suppose an intelligent personality, a free will, indispensable to responsibleness and alone amenable to retributions.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
But it did show that he had a sense of responsibleness, and a good one.
From Thankful's Inheritance by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
