Collocations for responsibility - noun

complete, full, total
awesome, big, enormous, grave, great, heavy, huge, important, serious, tremendous, weighty
It is a great responsibility caring for other people's children.

direct
primary
overall, ultimate
Ultimate responsibility rests with the president.

special
diminished (law, esp. BrE)
He was found not guilty of murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

exclusive, sole
collective, communal, joint, mutual, shared
individual, personal
corporate
criminal
security
constitutional, political
environmental, ethical, financial, fiscal, legal, moral, social

have
She has responsibility for public spending.

accept, acknowledge, assume, bear, carry, recognize, shoulder, take, take on, take over
The bank refuses to accept responsibility for the mistake.
Will you take responsibility for arranging the food?

feel
He feels a responsibility to his community.

share
lay, place
The government of the time placed responsibility for the poor on the Church.

assign, delegate, devolve, give sb, hand over
Responsibility is devolved down to the people who are affected.

retain
We retain all responsibility for any shortcomings.

abdicate, escape, evade, shift
They wanted to shift responsibility for the failure onto their employees.

admit, claim
No organization has yet claimed responsibility for the bomb attack.

deny, disclaim, duck
Ducking responsibility is fatal in a democracy.

allocate, assign (sb), give sb
attribute
He attributed responsibility for the killing to the secret service.

burden sb with
absolve sb from, absolve sb of

fall on sb, fall to sb, lie with sb, rest with sb
come with sth
With great power comes great responsibility.

responsibility for
Full responsibility for the fiasco lies with the PR department.

responsibility towards/toward
He feels a strong sense of responsibility towards/toward his parents.

the age of criminal responsibility (BrE,law)
the burden of responsibility
Governors carry a special burden of responsibility.

do sth on your own responsibility (= without being told to and being willing to take the blame if it goes wrong)
a position of responsibility
a feeling of responsibility, a sense of responsibility

heavy, major, onerous
basic, fundamental
added, additional, increased
main
What are the main responsibilities in your job?

departmental, ministerial (BrE), professional, public, teaching
caring (esp. BrE), childcare, domestic, family, household, parental, public, social
fiduciary (esp. AmE), financial
administrative, command, management, managerial, oversight (AmE), supervisory
The sergeant assumed his command responsibilities.

adult
people on the verge of assuming adult responsibilities

contractual, statutory
particular, special
daily, day-to-day

have
carry out, discharge, fulfil/fulfill, meet
an obligation to meet family responsibilities

accept, face up to, take on, undertake
He seems unwilling to face up to his responsibilities as a father.
I don't feel ready to take on new responsibilities.

juggle
She juggled the competing responsibilities of family and work.

handle
The assistants were handling their responsibilities in the only way they could.

exercise
delegate, relinquish, transfer
abandon, avoid, escape, evade, neglect, shirk
relieve sb of

responsibility for
The heads of school departments have particular responsibilities for the curriculum.

responsibility to, responsibility towards/toward
The club has a responsibility to its members.

duties and responsibilities, rights and responsibilities
parental rights and responsibilities