No Matter How You Say It: Responsibility
Word Origin
The word responsible comes from two Latin roots: responsum, which means “an answer, a reply,” and spondere, which means “to promise”. Can you see how responsibility is a promised response?
Sign Language
Can you see how responsibility is shouldering a burden and irresponsibility is throwing it aside?
Responsibility Idioms
Be answerable to someone
Be in charge of
Be on the hook
Be running the show
Be the captain of your own ship
Carry the weight of the world on your shoulders
Do your duty
Face the music
Fulfill your obligations
Handle something
Have a duty to
Have a lot on your plate
Have a lot to answer for
Have your hands full
Hold someone accountable
Make the call
Own up to a problem
Pull your weight
Responsible Party
Take the lead
Taking the bull by the horns
The buck stops here
The finger of responsibility
In Other Words
Accountability
Duty
Obligation
Self-Control
Answerability
Competency
Dependability
