civic responsibility

collocation in English

meaningsofcivicandresponsibility

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civic
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈsɪv.ɪk/us
/ˈsɪv.ɪk/
of a town or city or the people who live ...
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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 ofcivicandresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Services should therefore not be expanded beyond the point at which they begin to substitute for family andcivicresponsibility.
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The recording of burials, then, turned from an ecclesiastical procedure into acivicresponsibility.
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Local food access is a policy issue that involves widercivicresponsibility.
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Under such conditions, his entry into the market is a matter not only of moral but ofcivicresponsibility, where justice and national pride are at stake.
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She and her husband may have had a great sense ofcivicresponsibilityand civic pride and were keen on the education of their children.
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The participants in this debate ought to be willing to bear theircivicresponsibility.
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In a way, the local authority contracted out of what was obviously acivicresponsibility.
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People should be encouraged to regard this service as acivicresponsibilitywhich traditionally it is.
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Families are cradles ofcivicresponsibilityand therefore are fundamental to the nature of our society and to the future of our society.
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There needs to be a new appreciation of what is needed if a greater degree ofcivicresponsibilityis to be restored to the nation.
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It is our business to recognise ourcivicresponsibility—to see that such a measure as this does not fall short of its beneficent intentions.
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Apathy is not an acceptable discharge ofcivicresponsibilitywhen the lives of people are at risk.
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We believe that this is acivicresponsibility, not merely a commercial operation.
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Socialism discourages the production of wealth, and weakens the sense ofcivicresponsibility.
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They are down-and-outs in terms ofcivicresponsibility.
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I am sure that in facing that newcivicresponsibilityeducation will be a most potent force.
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It is the crucial intersection between personal life andcivicresponsibility.
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Liability in tort raises important issues which go right to the root of civil liberty andcivicresponsibility.
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They have a strong sense of corporate andcivicresponsibility.
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