Take the noun, onus, as a formal word for responsibility or obligation. If your teacher assigns onus as a vocabulary word, it puts the onus on you to find out what it means.
A burden; an obligation.
Noun
an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that''s a load off my mind"
n.
A burden; an obligation.
Onus
A burden; an obligation.
Usage Examples
As a speaker, business leader or marketer of any type, the onus is now on each of us to become equally capable of communicating very personally with a seemingly endless number of people connected by social technologies.
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Other Usage ExamplesLiberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family.
I think its rather peculiar. It's not in keeping with our founding documents, our founding vision. But I'd guess you'd have to ask the Obama administration why they purged all this language from their platform. There sure is a lot of mention of government, so I guess I would put the onus on them to answer why they did all these purges of God.
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