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Synonyms of liability in English:

liability


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See UK English definition of liability

See Spanish definition of responsabilidad

noun

1‘journalists cannot avoid liability for defamation merely by avoiding the naming of names’

SYNONYMS
accountability, responsibility, legal responsibility, answerability
incrimination, blame, blameworthiness, culpability, guilt, onus, fault
informal the rap
ANTONYMS

immunity

2‘they have some huge assets and some equally big liabilities’

SYNONYMS
financial obligation, debt, indebtedness, debit
debts, arrears, dues
ANTONYMS

asset

3‘she had come to be seen as an electoral liability’

SYNONYMS
hindrance, encumbrance, burden, handicap, nuisance, inconvenience
obstacle, impediment, drawback, drag, disadvantage, weakness, shortcoming, problem, weak point, weak spot
millstone round one's neck, stumbling block, cross to bear, cross, albatross
Achilles heel
British disbenefit
informal minus, fly in the ointment
archaic cumber
ANTONYMS

asset, advantage

4‘their liability to the disease’

SYNONYMS
susceptibility, vulnerability, proneness, tendency, predisposition, propensity
risk, chance, likelihood, threat
ANTONYMS

immunity