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 Definitions of onus  [ˈoʊ nəs]  

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Definition of 'onus' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) onus
a difficult or disagreeable obligation or task.

2.  onus
blame; responsibility.

Etymology:  (1630–40; < L: load, burden)

Definition of 'onus' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
an onerous or difficult concern
"the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
Translation of 'onus' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the responsibility
The onus is on him to prove his theory.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: las, verantwoordelikheid, Arabic flag Arabic: مَسؤوليَّه، عِبء Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: бреме
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ônus Czech flag Czech: povinnost, odpovědnost German flag German: die Last
Danish flag Danish: forpligtelse Greek flag Greek: ευθύνη, καθήκον Spanish flag Spanish: responsabilidad
Estonian flag Estonian: kohustus Farsi flag Farsi: وظیفه Finnish flag Finnish: velvollisuus
French flag French: responsabilité Hebrew flag Hebrew: נֵטֶל Hindi flag Hindi: दायित्व
Croatian flag Croatian: odgovornost Hungarian flag Hungarian: felelősség Indonesian flag Indonesian: tanggung jawab
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skylda, kvöð Italian flag Italian: responsabilità Japanese flag Japanese: 責任
Korean flag Korean: 책임 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pareiga, atsakomybė Latvian flag Latvian: atbildība
Malay flag Malay: tanggungjawab Dutch flag Dutch: verantwoordelijkheid Norwegian flag Norwegian: (bevis)byrde, plikt
Polish flag Polish: odpowiedzialność Persian flag Persian: وظیفه Pashto flag Pashto: ماموريت، دنده
Portuguese flag Portuguese: responsabilidade Romanian flag Romanian: datorie Russian flag Russian: обязанность
Slovak flag Slovak: povinnosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: breme, odgovornost Serbian flag Serbian: odgovornost
Swedish flag Swedish: skyldighet,åliggande Thai flag Thai: หน้าที่ Turkish flag Turkish: sorumluluk
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 責任 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: тягар; обов'язок Urdu flag Urdu: ذمہ داري
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trách nhiệm Chinese flag Chinese: 责任

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