responsible

Etymology
From, from , , formed from the root of , from. The spelling of the English word is taken from the Old French variant responsible.

Adjective

 * 1)  Having the duty of taking care of something; answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.
 * 2)  Being a primary cause of a situation or action and thus able to be blamed or credited for it.
 * 3)  Answerable to (a superior).
 * 4)  Involving important duties; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.
 * She has a responsible position in the firm.
 * 1) Having good judgment in decision-making.
 * 2) Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy.
 * 3) Capable of rational conduct and thus morally accountable for one's behavior.
 * 1) Having good judgment in decision-making.
 * 2) Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy.
 * 3) Capable of rational conduct and thus morally accountable for one's behavior.
 * 1) Capable of rational conduct and thus morally accountable for one's behavior.
 * 1) Capable of rational conduct and thus morally accountable for one's behavior.

Usage notes
The meaning of the word changes to almost the opposite depending on whether it is used before or after a noun. For example:

The powerful Russians who didn't oppose Putin's successful grab for absolute power and the normal Russians who didn't protest against the first persecutions of journalists long ago are equally responsible for the destruction of Russia's first democracy, i.e. the citizens responsible were not responsible citizens.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, مَسْئُول
 * Armenian:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܸܫܬܲܐܠܵܢܵܐ, ܡܸܫܬܲܠܵܢܬܵܐ, ܡܸܬܓ݂ܝܼܒ݂ܵܢܵܐ
 * Azerbaijani: cavabdeh, sorğulu, məsul
 * Bashkir: яуаплы
 * Belarusian: адка́зны, адпавяда́льны
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 有責任
 * Mandarin: 有責任
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: vastutav
 * Finnish: vastuussa
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: პასუხისმგებელი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, ज़िम्मेदार
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: жауапты
 * Korean: 책임 있는
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latvian: atbildīgs
 * Lithuanian: atsakingas
 * Macedonian: одговорен
 * Malay: bertanggungjawab
 * Maori: haepapa, noho haepapa
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: хариуцлагатай
 * Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠭᠤᠴᠠᠯᠭᠠᠲᠠᠢ
 * Norman: responsabl'ye
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Occitan:
 * Pashto: مسؤل, ذمه دار
 * Persian:, ذمه‌دار, جوابدار
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: an urra ri, cùramach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: о̏дгово̄ран
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian: rispunzàbbili
 * Slovak: zodpovedný
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: mapanagutin
 * Tajik: масъул, ҷавобгар
 * Tatar: җаваплы
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: jogapkär
 * Ukrainian: відповіда́льний
 * Urdu: ذمہ دار
 * Uyghur: جاۋابكار, مەسئۇل
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: có trách nhiệm
 * Walloon:


 * Arabic: مُلام
 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: яуаплы
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: ansvarsbevidst,
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Norman: responsabl'ye
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cùramach
 * Sicilian: rispunzàbbili
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , ansvarskännande
 * Ukrainian: відповіда́льний


 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: яуаплы
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 有責任感的
 * Danish: ansvarsfuld
 * Dutch:, responsabel
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , felelősséggel járó
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: di responsabile, di responsabilità
 * Malay: bertanggungjawab
 * Maori: haepapa
 * Norman: responsabl'ye
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sicilian: di rispunzabbilità
 * Spanish: de responsabilidad
 * Swedish:, med
 * Ukrainian: відповіда́льний


 * Armenian:
 * Bengali:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: vastuussa
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Norman: responsabl'ye
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sicilian: curpàbbili, rispunzàbbili
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: відповіда́льний


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 負責任的
 * Danish: ansvarsbevidst, pålidelig
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Maori: tūtika, haepapa
 * Norman: responsabl'ye
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Sicilian: rispunzàbbili
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Esperanto:
 * Interlingua:
 * Telugu:

Noun

 * 1)  The individual who bears the responsibility for something.
 * 2)  An actor taking on the lesser roles in repertory theatre.
 * 1)  An actor taking on the lesser roles in repertory theatre.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Galician: ,
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Polish:, odpowiedzialna
 * Spanish: