liability
noun
[ lʌɪəˈbɪlɪti ]
• the state of being legally responsible for something.
• "once you contact the card protection scheme your liability for any loss ends"
Similar:
accountability,
responsibility,
legal responsibility,
answerability,
incrimination,
blame,
blameworthiness,
culpability,
guilt,
onus,
fault,
the rap,
• a person or thing whose presence or behaviour is likely to put one at a disadvantage.
• "she said the party had become a liability to green politics"
Similar:
hindrance,
encumbrance,
burden,
handicap,
nuisance,
inconvenience,
obstacle,
impediment,
drawback,
drag,
disadvantage,
weakness,
shortcoming,
problem,
weak spot/point,
millstone round one's neck,
stumbling block,
cross to bear,
cross,
albatross,
Achilles heel,
disbenefit,
minus,
fly in the ointment,
cumber,
