Responsibility
Responsibility noun - The state of being held as the cause of something that needs to be set right.
Strain and responsibility are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strain" instead a noun "Responsibility".
Nearby Words: responsible, responsibly
Strain
Strain noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.
Responsibility and strain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Responsibility" instead a noun "Strain".
How words are described
| physical | physical responsibility | physical strain |
| heavy | heavy responsibility | heavy strain |
| real | real responsibility | real strain |
| massive | massive responsibility | massive strain |
| Other adjectives: big, great, serious, enormous, huge, dangerous, criminal, new, major, apparent, less, extra, additional, tremendous, greater, sudden, financial. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- The role is also reversed many times in Mass Effect 3, as the strain and responsibility Shepard has finally starts to grind him/her down, even becoming a borderline Death Seeker.
Source: Warrior Therapist - Linda seems to have stepped up to her new responsibility as sheriff and is a good counterbalance to Big Jim's ego, but she is clearly under massive strain and is making poor decisions.
Source: Series / Under the Dome -
This caused horrible mental strain on him, almost pushing him over the edge; he had lived by the saying "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility" all his life, and now had godlike power.
Source: Power Incontinence
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