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vastuullinen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accountable adj Required to explain or answer for one's actions; responsible.
  • answerable adj Required to explain or justify one's actions to someone; accountable.
  • responsible adj Having a duty to take care of something, or being accountable for its outcome.

Senses

vastuullinen is used for these senses in English:

  • answerable Required to justify one's actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible.
  • responsible (postpositive, followed by "for") Having the duty of taking care of something; answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.
  • responsible (of a, job, or, position) Involving important duties; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.

answerable — full definition

  1. adj Required to explain or justify one's actions to someone; accountable.
  2. adj Able to be answered.

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