RE⋅SPON⋅SI⋅BIL⋅I⋅TY

 Pronunciation  [ri-spon-suh-bil-i-tee]

1. the state or fact of being responsible.

2. an instance of being responsible: The responsibility for this mess is yours! 

3. a particular burden of obligation upon one who is responsible: the responsibilities of authority.

4. a person or thing for which one is responsible: A child is a responsibility to its parents.

5. reliability or dependability, esp. in meeting debts or payments.

6. on one's own responsibility, on one's own initiative or authority: He changed the order on his own responsibility.