Incaution and Responsibility

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Incaution noun - Failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes.

Usage example: as a result of an agent's colossal incaution, a laptop filled with top-secret intelligence was missing

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Responsibility is an antonym for incaution.

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

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Incaution is an antonym for responsibility.

Nearby Words: responsible, responsibly

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