Remissness and Responsibility

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

Usage example: it took an incredible amount of reckless remissness on your part to leave the house with the front door wide open

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Responsibility is an antonym for remissness.

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

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Remissness is an antonym for responsibility.

Nearby Words: responsible, responsibly

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Responsibility and Remissness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/remissness/responsibility

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