Responsibility
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Responsibility
The word responsibility is used in many different ways. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of responsibility or Responsible: 1 a: liable to be called on to answer b (1): liable to be called to account as the primary cause, motive, or agent (2): being the cause or explanation c: liable to legal review or in case of fault to penalties 2 a: able to answer for one's conduct and obligations: Trustworthy b: able to choose for oneself between right and wrong.
The word responsibility is also defined as a burden. My definition of responsibility is trust. When someone holds you responsible for something, they trust you to do what you are supposed to. Responsibility is something that is easily lost, when you lose some ones trust, they do not see you as a responsible individual.
Responsibility to me is when someone is giving you their trust. Responsibility is taking the blame for your mistakes. I think that responsibility is something that you gain as you grow older, but it's easy to lose responsibility. One way that the word responsible is used is to put the blame on someone; when someone says to you "You're responsible for this," that means that either you're to blame if something goes wrong, or it means that you have to watch over the thing that you are responsible for to make sure that nothing goes wrong...