Liability and Role

Liability

Liability noun - A feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success.

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Role and liability are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Role" instead a noun "Liability".

Nearby Word: liable

Role noun - The action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists.

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Liability and role are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Liability" instead a noun "Role".

single	single liability	single role
active	active liability	active role
actual	actual liability	actual role
real	real liability	real role
Other adjectives: big, serious, huge, major, limited, significant, bigger, biggest.

The Purge of The Knights Templar by King Philip le Bel is also seen as the final nail in the coffin of the Crusades, since having outlived its original purpose as a Church Militant, the Templars changed role as a banking organization was seen as a liability.

Source: End of an Age
However, all previous and later military actions were on a vastly smaller scale and chiefly against steppe-nomads - in which bow-armed horse cavalry played the most important role, and siege cannon and muskets were an expensive liability.

Source: Useful Notes / Dynasties from Shang to Qing

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