Necessity and Responsibility

Necessity

Necessity noun - Something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable.

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

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

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

Nearby Words: responsible, responsibly

human	human necessity	human responsibility
actual	actual necessity	actual responsibility
absolute	absolute necessity	absolute responsibility
grim	grim necessity	grim responsibility
Other adjectives: social, important, new, apparent, mutual, basic, financial, medical.

Ichigo understood the necessity for Soul Society's monitoring of substitute shinigami and accepted it as part of the responsibility of wearing the uniform.

Source: Evil Counterpart / Anime and Manga
The President holds the largest share of responsibility for and authority over military and foreign affairs, but by practical necessity dating back to the 19th century; only the really important issues involve the President in person, less important matters are decided by duly authorized inferiors.

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