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By: TyskJohan

TyskJohan — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Indeed it does seem to be a word. One’d be hard pressed to find a real sentence where it’s used. I googled it and found tons of dictionary pages and some obscure philosophy sites… By the way, it’s in the New Oxford American Dictionary but not in the Oxford Advanced Learner’s, so I’m not sure it’s a British thing.

By: Peder

Peder — Sat, 30 Nov 2002 00:00:00 +0000

Indeed responsibility is another noun. Astute observation; most people (i.e. most Americans) do spell it incorrectly. Responsibleness is also a noun, albeit a seldom used one, employed primarily by the British.

By: TyskJohan

TyskJohan — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

I think the noun is responsibility (often misspelled as responsability)…

By: Peder

Peder — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Granted you wrote this over two weeks ago, but for your curiosity I’ll reply. To answer your question quickly, no. The word responsible is an adjective, and you did use it correctly in your post as an adjective. But the word responsibleness would be a noun. the English language is a little odd.
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