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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Responsible \Re*spon"si*ble\ (r?*sp?n"s?*b'l), adjective [Cf. F. responsable. See {Respond}.]
1. Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office.
2. Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to have a responsible man for surety.
3. Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office.
Syn: Accountable; answerable; amenable. -- {Re*spon"si*ble*ness}, noun -- {Re*spon"si*bly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
responsible
adjective
1: worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable; "a responsible adult"; "responsible journalism"; "a responsible position"; "the captain is responsible for the ship's safety"; "the cabinet is responsible to the parliament" [ant: {irresponsible}]
2: being the agent or cause; "determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage" [syn: {responsible for(p)}]
3: having an acceptable credit rating; "a responsible borrower" [syn: {creditworthy}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "responsible": accountable, administrative, amenable, answerable, answerable for, apt to, at fault, authoritative, capable of, chargeable, chief, creditable, culpable, decision-making, dependable, dependent on, directorial, ethical, executive, exposed, exposed to, faithworthy, guilty, honest, important, in danger of, incident to, incorruptible, inviolable, leading, liable, liable to, likely to, managerial, naked to, obligated, obliged to, open, open to, pledged, principal, prone to, proven, ready for, reliable, responsible for, stable, standing to, straight, subject, subject to, sure, susceptive to, tested, to be trusted, to blame, top, tried, tried and true, true, trustable, trustworthy, trusty, unfalse, unperfidious, untreacherous, within range of
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