take responsibility

English

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Verb

take responsibility (third-person singular simple present takes responsibility, present participle taking responsibility, simple past took responsibility, past participle taken responsibility)

1. To blame oneself for something; to acknowledge a fault.

   I take responsibility for my poor choice; it was my fault.

2. To accept blame, punishment, or accountability for something within one's role or chain of command, especially when a leader protects the subordinates who caused the problem.

   "I take full responsibility for my own actions and for those of my Administration. As angry as I may be about activities undertaken without my knowledge, I am still accountable for those activities." — Ronald Reagan (1987)

3. To accept or take on an obligation or liability.

   The new captain will take responsibility for the ship at the beginning of January.

Translations

to blame oneself for something; to acknowledge a fault

• Finnish: ottaa vastuu, kantaa vastuu
• Hungarian: felelősséget vállal, vállalja a felelősséget
• Polish: brać odpowiedzialność impf, wziąć odpowiedzialność pf