<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.</li><li>Synonyms: answerability, accountability</li><li>an instance of being responsible: The responsibility for this mess is yours!</li><li>a particular burden of obligation upon one who is responsible: the responsibilities of authority.</li><li>a person or thing for which one is responsible: A child is a responsibility to their parents.</li><li>reliability or dependability, especially in meeting debts or payments.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>reputed, reputing: to consider or believe (a person or thing) to be as specified; regard (usually used in the passive): He was reputed to be a millionaire.</li><li>Synonyms: reckon, deem, hold</li></ul>