onus
noun
[ ˈəʊnəs ]
• something that is one's duty or responsibility.
• "the onus is on you to show that you have suffered loss"
Similar:
burden,
responsibility,
liability,
obligation,
duty,
weight,
load,
charge,
mantle,
encumbrance,
cross to bear,
millstone round one's neck,
albatross,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘load or burden’.
onus probandi
noun
• the obligation to prove an assertion or allegation that one makes; the burden of proof.
Origin:
Latin, ‘the burden of proving’.
