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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Responsibility VS obligation

What is the difference between 'responsibility' and 'obligation'?
  

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Responsibility is a set of duties which are to be fulfilled or a control over something. Obligation is course of action the person is bound to. Those can be used interchangeably often, without much difference.

— Fandorin

  • Responsibility is a set of duties which are to be fulfilled or a control over something.
  • Obligation is course of action the person is bound to.
  • Those can be used interchangeably often, without much difference.
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Responsibility is a set of duties which are to be fulfilled or a control over something.
Obligation is course of action the person is bound to.

Those can be used interchangeably often, without much difference.
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