mutual responsibility

collocation in English

meaningsofmutualandresponsibility

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mutual
adjective
uk
/ˈmjuː.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈmjuː.tʃu.əl/
(of two or more people or groups) feeling the same emotion, or doing the same thing to or for ...
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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 ofmutualandresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Their narratives and memories of inter-racial relationships based onmutualresponsibilityand trust should not be rejected but evaluated more subtly.
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These findings imply a gradual shift, occurring in the second year, towardsmutualresponsibilityfor verbal exchanges.
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The fact of mental mediation is nevertheless important when it is narrowed to forms of mental distress that entailmutualresponsibility.
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Moreover, factory discipline depended on amutualresponsibilitysystem to promote stabiity and guarantee the reliability of the worker.
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Letting the hunger patient die is to violate a fundamental axiom of communal solidarity andmutualresponsibility that has kept this particular nation alive throughout the millennia.
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Kinship as a moral order implies the recognition of social obligations towards kin, that is the acknowledgement ofmutualresponsibilityto each other, even if it is a burden.
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This is a global challenge and a challenge which demandsmutualresponsibility.
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Above all, it would be valuable in promoting social cohesion, a sense ofmutualresponsibilityand true neighbourliness.
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We have civic responsibilities, but we have amutualresponsibilityto support each other as well.
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There was a great feeling of community—although we would not have used that term at the time—and ofmutualresponsibility, one for another.
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Global partnership andmutualresponsibilityare vital for the success of the conference.
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The first is a continued and even clearer recognition of themutualresponsibilityof creditor and debtor countries.
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The correspondent pointed out how antisocial behaviour was alienating any sense of community andmutualresponsibility.
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We ought to be willing to make concessions and to establishmutualresponsibilityfor trade between our countries.
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The policy reflects the assumption that a married couple have amutualresponsibilityin the widest sense to look after one another.
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To promote a better international understanding based upon a recognition of ourmutualresponsibilityand our interdependence.
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Where the environment in which we live fosters rather than alienates a sense of local community andmutualresponsibility.
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Imagine sending to the nation the message that we are all our brothers and sisters' keepers, and that we have amutualresponsibility.
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