Hold and Responsibility

Hold

Hold noun - The act or manner of holding.

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

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

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

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

Nearby Words: responsible, responsibly

high	high hold	high responsibility
full	full hold	full responsibility
complete	complete hold	complete responsibility
true	true hold	true responsibility
Other adjectives: small, actual, entire, massive, big, huge, little, main, additional, awesome.

The "responsibility" part is why Sam doesn't want to hold Florence's remote control and "reset" scent vial.

Source: Comes Great Responsibility
Her sense of responsibility to hold to her oath to fight evil at the expense of a peaceful life held and she resigned her post the next day.

Source: Best Her to Bed Her
It's later revealed his father would beat him for trivial reasons, such as dropping crumbs, and may hold some responsibility for the death of his mother.

Source: Series / New Tricks

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