Attempt and Responsibility

Attempt

Attempt noun - An effort to do or accomplish something.

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Responsibility and attempt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Responsibility" instead a noun "Attempt".

Nearby Words: attempted, attempting

Responsibility noun - The state of being held as the cause of something that needs to be set right.

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Attempt and responsibility are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attempt" instead a noun "Responsibility".

Nearby Words: responsible, responsibly

human	human attempt	human responsibility
direct	direct attempt	direct responsibility
complete	complete attempt	complete responsibility
actual	actual attempt	actual responsibility
Other adjectives: entire, real, big, serious, little, new, major, apparent, strange, previous, alleged.

It's All About Me: Brock never accepts responsibility for anything that goes wrong, and constantly dismisses Jill's fears as an attempt to manipulate him.

Source: Film / The Stone Tape
Sakura's attempt to kill Sasuke fails as a result of her attempting to do what is essentially impossible for her in order to take the responsibility of dealing with Sasuke upon herself.

Source: Analysis / Naruto
Darcia did not appreciate Jagara's attempt to "free" him from the responsibility of caring for his comatose wife.

Source: Murder the Hypotenuse

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