Mot du Jour: Responsabilité

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Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
responsabilité /ʀɛspɔ̃sabilite/
feminine noun
gén responsibility (de for);
(légalement) liability;
avoir sa part de ~ dans qch to share some of the responsibility for sth;
il en porte l'entière ~ he bears full responsibility for it;
se renvoyer la ~ to blame each other;
avoir la ~ de qch to be responsible for sth;
un poste à ~ a position of responsibility;
sous la ~ de qn under the supervision of sb;
prendre ses ~s to face up to one's responsibilities;
faute grave engageant la ~ de la société serious mistake for which the company is liable.

COMPOUNDS:
~ civile (assurance) personal liability.