sense of responsibility


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Noun1.sense of responsibility - an awareness of your obligations
sense - a general conscious awareness; "a sense of security"; "a sense of happiness"; "a sense of danger"; "a sense of self"
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I am writing, as a mother of a family, under asense of responsibility -- I am not writing with an interested motive.
His interview with Francine had doubled hissense of responsibility toward Emily--while he was further than ever from seeing how he could interfere, to any useful purpose, in his present position, and with his reasons for writing under reserve.
Neither in this nor in any other respect had Newman a highsense of responsibility; it was his prime conviction that a man's life should be easy, and that he should be able to resolve privilege into a matter of course.
"And I, my lord," retorted the admiral, "I appeal to my own conscience, and to my ownsense of responsibility. I have undertaken to convey Madame safe and sound to France, and I shall keep my promise."
The receiving of this invitation brought to me asense of responsibility that it would be hard for any one not placed in my position to appreciate.
She was not theologically instructed enough to discern very clearly the relation between the sacred documents of the past which she opened without method, and her own obscure, simple life; but the spirit of rectitude, and thesense of responsibility for the effect of her conduct on others, which were strong elements in Nancy's character, had made it a habit with her to scrutinize her past feelings and actions with self-questioning solicitude.
As she lifted her face to him, with large solemn eyes, expressive of hersense of responsibility, Hardyman would have given every horse in his stables to have had the privilege of taking her in his arms and kissing her.
She had concluded that marriage was a greater folly, and men greater fools, than she had supposed; but such beliefs rather lightened hersense of responsibility than disappointed her, and, as she had plenty of money, plenty of servants, plenty of visitors, and plenty of exercise on horseback, of which she was immoderately fond, her time passed pleasantly enough.
The head physician, feeling asense of responsibility, had sent for me.
more air; no one with anysense of responsibility could have undertaken to decide.
He congratulated himself, he prided himself, upon possessing a daughter who had asense of responsibility and an understanding of life profound beyond her years.
And thus was consummated the work commenced by the Declaration of Independence--a work in which the people of the North American Union, acting under the deepestsense of responsibility to the Supreme Ruler of the universe, had achieved the most transcendent act of power that social man in his mortal condition can perform--even that of dissolving the ties of allegiance by which he is bound to his country; of renouncing that country itself; of demolishing its government; of instituting another government; and of making for himself another country in its stead.

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