لفظ "ذمہ داری" کا لغت میں معنی ریاست یا حقیقت ہے جس میں کسی چیز سے نمٹنے کے لیے فرض ادا کرنا یا کسی پر قابو رکھنا ہے۔ یہ کسی چیز کے لیے جوابدہ یا ذمہ دار ہونے کی حالت، یا کسی کے اعمال یا فیصلوں کے لیے جواب دینے کی ذمہ داری کا بھی حوالہ دے سکتا ہے۔ عام طور پر، ذمہ داری میں کسی کی ذمہ داریوں کو قبول کرنے اور پورا کرنے اور کسی کے اعمال اور فیصلوں کی ملکیت لینے کی آمادگی شامل ہوتی ہے۔ اس میں اخلاقی یا اخلاقی فرض کا احساس بھی شامل ہو سکتا ہے کہ وہ کیا کریں جو صحیح ہے یا دوسروں کے بہترین مفاد میں کام کرنا۔
1. Of course, I could have shared that responsibility, but we were both busy with work.
2. All of them I am responsible for and I should have stepped up to that responsibility long before now.
3. A calm resolve swept over me as I realized death offered an escape from the pain, the guilt, and a lifetime of responsibility.
4. My first irascible old crank of the day had arrived, and it was my responsibility to set things straight.
5. Knowing there would be no more guilt, responsibility, or loneliness had been liberating.
6. If he did turn him off then the sole responsibility for Burton and its day to day management was about to fall squarely upon his shoulders.
7. The two of us have been battling since we met, and I have to take some responsibility for it.
8. He has always made it crystal clear that everything he does for me is his responsibility, never out of actual care or concern.
9. It was my responsibility to ensure their safety while completing the project.
10. We experience responsibility and accountability, success and failure, joy and rejection.