Liability
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Noun
Liability (plural liabilities)- the condition of being liable
- an obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
- 1901, W. W. Jacobs , The Monkey's Paw
- "I was to say that Maw and Meggins disclaim all responsibility," continued the other. "They admit no liability at all, but in consideration of your son's services they wish to present you with a certain sum as compensation."
- 1901, W. W. Jacobs , The Monkey's Paw
- a handicap that holds one back
- the likelihood of something happening
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Verbs for Liability
account for—; admit—; burden with—; clog with—; confess—; display—; exempt from —; free from—; impose—; limit—; load with—; meet—; relieve of—; saddle with —; shoulder—s; —cramps; —deters; -— disheartens; —hampers; —impedes; —imposes; —obligates; —oppresses; —shackles; ——weighs.
Thesaurus
a thing for, accountability, accountableness, accounts payable, accounts receivable, affinity, amenability, amount due, answerability, answerableness, aptitude, aptness, arrearage, arrears, bad debts, barrier, bent, bias, bill, bills, borrowing, burden, cast, chance, charges, chits, conatus, conduciveness, damage, debit, debt, dedication to duty, defenselessness, delight, detriment, devotion to duty, diathesis, disadvantage, disposition, drawback, due, dues, duteousness, dutifulness, eagerness, encumbrance, expectation, exposure, fair expectation, favorable prospect, feeling for, financial commitment, floating debt, funded debt, good chance, handicap, harm, helplessness, hindrance, hitch, hurt, impairment, impediment, inclination, incumbency, indebtedness, indebtment, injury, leaning, likelihood, likeliness, liking, loss, loss of ground, maturity, mischief, nakedness, national debt, nonimmunity, obligation, obstacle, obstruction, odds, onus, openness, outlook, outstanding debt, penchant, pledge, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, presumption, presumptive evidence, probabilism, probability, proclivity, proneness, propensity, prospect, public debt, readiness, reasonable ground, reasonable hope, responsibility, responsibleness, score, sense of duty, sense of obligation, sensitivity to, snag, soft spot, step backward, susceptibility, tendency, tropism, turn, twist, uncollectibles, unfulfilled pledge, verisimilitude, vulnerability, warp, weakness, well-grounded hope, willingness
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