irresponsibilityn.
/ɪrɪspɒnsɪˈbɪlɪti/ 1. The quality or fact of being irresponsible.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > [noun] > irresponsibility
irresponsibleness1655
irresponsibility1818
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [noun] > irresponsibility
irresponsibleness1655
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] > fact of not being responsible
unresponsibleness1653
irresponsibleness1655
unresponsibility1835
irresponsibility1856
1818 in H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang.
1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. xx. 262 A remarkable irresponsibility of character.
1856 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. (ed. 3) I. iii. 96 It is dangerous to admit the plea of irresponsibility for those who labour under..Moral Insanity.
1884 Bryce in Contemp. Rev. Nov. 720 Irresponsibility breeds, and must always breed, laziness and selfishness.
2. Incapability of responding physically. rare.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun] > not responding physically
irresponsibility1822
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 630 While ordinary purgatives are incapable of exciting evacuations from the torpitude and irresponsibility of the palsied parts, they are sufficient to occasion inflammation.
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