What is another word for liability?
Synonyms for liability
ˌlaɪ əˈbɪl ɪ tili·a·bil·i·ty
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Princeton's WordNet
liabilitynoun
the state of being legally obliged and responsible
Synonyms:
indebtedness, financial obligationindebtedness, liability, financial obligationnoun
an obligation to pay money to another party
Synonyms:
indebtedness, financial obligation, obligationliabilitynoun
the quality of being something that holds you back
Synonyms:
indebtedness, financial obligation
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
liabilitynoun
Synonyms:
responsibility, accountableness, accountability, bounden dutyliabilitynoun
Synonyms:
exposedness
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
liabilitynoun
Synonyms:
exposure, accountability, responsibility, amenability
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "liability":
responsibility, liabilities, accountability, passive, haftung, responsibilities, responsible, responsabilité, obligation, onus, duty
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1237 | responsible | |
#1487 | responsibility | |
#2487 | duty | |
#2905 | liability | |
#4212 | responsibilities | |
#4772 | obligation | |
#6690 | accountability | |
#7533 | liabilities | |
#8588 | passive | |
#24830 | indebtedness | |
#44049 | onus | |
#116481 | haftung |
How to use liability in a sentence?
For the first time, Ron Wyden will have to earn blanket liability protection when it comes to protecting minors.
As a global community, we must ensure that legitimate concerns about liability do not hold back the possibility of developing an Ebola vaccine, an essential strategy in our global response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
The pension pressures will continue, and Illinois' financial challenges will continue, but at least there will be a framework to recognize there's a limit to the liability growth to this state.
Is there anything that is a counterbalance to stop them doing the kind of things that Officer Derek Chauvin did ? Liability to the police department would, in my view, be insufficient to do that.
Until police agencies are going to really be responsible for this kind of restitution -- and share liability by individual cops who have some skin in the game -- until that happens, Fernando Bermudez are not going to see changes in police culture or policy, qualified immunity, eliminating it, is not just a reform about restitution, but it is also about incentivizing change in the police agency.
Translations for liability
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- مسؤوليةArabic
- responsabilitatCatalan, Valencian
- pasivumCzech
- Verpflichtung, Schuld, VerantwortungGerman
- responsabilidadSpanish
- vastuu, vastuunalaisuusFinnish
- passif, responsabilitéFrench
- देयताHindi
- responsabilitàItalian
- 負債, 借金Japanese
- aansprakelijkheidDutch
- odpowiedzialnośćPolish
- obrigação, dívida, possibilidade, responsabilidadePortuguese
- responsabilitateRomanian
- обязательство, задолженность, пассив, возможность, долгRussian
- skuld, belastningSwedish
- అప్పుTelugu
- відповідальністьUkrainian
- ذمہ داریUrdu
- 责任Chinese
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