RESPONSIBILITY

[/rɪˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti/]

Definition

A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor.
In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.

Additional notes

Alas, things ain't what we should see If Eve had let that apple be; And many a feller which had ought To set with monarchses of thought, Or play some rosy little game With battle-chaps on fields of fame, Is downed by his unlucky star And hollers: "Peanuts!—here you are!" The Sturdy Beggar

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