acceptance of responsibility
collocation in Englishmeaningsofacceptanceandresponsibility
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acceptance
noun[U]
uk/əkˈsep.təns/us/əkˈsep.təns/
general agreement that something is satisfactory or right, or that someone should be included in ...
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responsibility
noun
uk/rɪˌspɒn.sɪˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/rɪˌspɑːn.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
something that it is your job or duty to ...
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(Definition ofacceptanceandresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Acceptanceofresponsibilityseems a useful condition for environmental protection contributions especially when accompanied by activist preferences for one's nation's current and future international role.
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By that method is produced a new psychology and a newacceptanceofresponsibility, especially by people who have hitherto been controlled from outside.
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Employers and governing bodies have been able to reward good performance and theacceptanceofresponsibility.
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I hope that this will also lead to a greateracceptanceofresponsibilityby the corporations in dealing with their individual schemes.
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The families are still waiting for anacceptanceofresponsibility—on the same basis as in previous accidents—by any of the relevant bodies.
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I agree that it is desirable to maintain individual ownership as an incentive to initiative and to theacceptanceofresponsibility.
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The motivation behind thisacceptanceofresponsibilityis often mixed.
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There seems to have been some question, to say the least, about whether that was anacceptanceofresponsibilityor of liability.
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We do not want revenge; we want reconciliation, andacceptanceofresponsibility.
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I have been trying to achieve someacceptanceofresponsibility, let alone compensation, on the part of three different operators.
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It is a matter of attitudes and theacceptanceofresponsibilityby the community.
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I agree that in any organisation, there must be anacceptanceofresponsibility.
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One of the greatest weaknesses of the privatised structure is that thisacceptanceofresponsibilityhas largely disappeared as the railway have been broken up.
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Again, there is noacceptanceofresponsibilityfor policing.
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What is more important—the pursuit of personal academic achievement oracceptanceofresponsibility, in however small a way, for one's own child?
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These things have caused theacceptanceofresponsibility.
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That is what they will say if there is not some form of assistance and someacceptanceofresponsibility.
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There are, however, other rather more substantial implications to myacceptanceofresponsibilityfor the administration of the courts which will need further consideration.
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That made the employee liable for cash deficiencies, and he signed a separateacceptanceofresponsibilityin respect of stock deficiencies.
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The third matter is theacceptanceofresponsibilityin cases where damage results from vaccination.
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