Antonyms for irresponsibility


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ir-i-spon-suh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪr ɪˈspɒn sə bəl


Definition of irresponsibility

Origin :
  • 1818; see irresponsible + -ity.
  • As in insanity : noun mental illness; foolishness
  • As in license : noun abandon, indulgence
  • As in monkey business : noun shenanigans
  • As in tomfoolery : noun nonsense
  • As in lawlessness : noun anarchy
  • As in imbecility : noun foolishness
  • As in insaneness : noun insanity
  • As in libertinism : noun license
  • As in licentiousness : noun license
  • As in profligacy : noun license
  • As in psychopathy : noun insanity
  • As in senselessness : noun foolishness
  • As in foolishness : noun idiocy, nonsense
Example sentences :
  • A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Irresponsibility ran strongly in that branch of the Butler family.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • He had a gay sense of irresponsibility, of seeking the event.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • At once, it seemed to me, he recognised the irresponsibility of his rider.
  • Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
  • It is a fine thing to get into the freedom and irresponsibility of a big city!
  • Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
  • It was a mood of irresponsibility—almost of defiant irresponsibility.
  • Extract from : « On the Stairs » by Henry B. Fuller
  • Was irresponsibility ever so divine as this, of birds waking?
  • Extract from : « The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy » by John Galsworthy
  • The salient characteristic of your civilisation is its irresponsibility.
  • Extract from : « British Socialism » by J. Ellis Barker
  • The swing of the last six bars suggests his shrug of irresponsibility.
  • Extract from : « Indian Story and Song » by Alice C. Fletcher
  • She gloried in a new, intoxicating sense of irresponsibility.
  • Extract from : « The Whirlpool » by George Gissing

Synonyms for irresponsibility

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