onus

onus
I (blame) noun accusation, blameworthiness, charge, culpability, error, fault, flaw, guiltiness, misdeed, reprehension, responsibility, shortcoming, transgression II (burden) noun affliction, burdensome requirement, charge, drawback, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, impediment, inescapable duty, interference, load, obstruction, responsibility, struggle, unusual task, weary load, weight III (stigma) noun badge, blemish, blot, blotch, brand, censure, condemnation, degradation, denunciation, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, dispraise, imputation, infamy, mark of Cain, reproach, scar, shame, slur, smirch, smudge, smutch, soil, spot, stain, taint, tarnish IV index allegiance, burden, commitment (responsibility), duty (tax), handicap, imposition (excessive burden), incumbrance (burden), liability, penalty, requirement, weight (burden) V index cargo, encumbrance, freight

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onus
n.
(Latin) Burden; a duty or responsibility.

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