different between accountability vs onus

English

Etymology

From accountable +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?.?ka?n.t?.?b?l.?t.i/

Noun

accountability (usually uncountable, plural accountabilities)

1. The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.
2. An open determination of one's responsibility for something and imposition of consequences.
3. Good-faith acceptance of one's responsibility for something and of its consequences.
4. (military) The obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping.

Synonyms

• accountableness

Translations

See also

• responsibility

References

• accountability at OneLook Dictionary Search
• accountability in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin onus (“burden”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???n?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?n?s/
• Rhymes: -??n?s

Noun

onus (countable and uncountable, plural onuses or onera)

1. A legal obligation.

2. (uncountable) Burden of proof, onus probandi.

3. Stigma.
4. Blame.
5. Responsibility; burden.

Translations

Anagrams

• Onsu, Osun, Suon, UNOS, Unos, nous, ouns

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin onus (“burden”).

Pronunciation

Noun

onus m (plural onussen or oni, diminutive onusje n)

1. burden

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h?énh?os from *h?enh?-. Cognate to Sanskrit ???? (ánas, “heavy cart; mother; birth; offspring”). See Ancient Greek ?????? (ónomai, “impugn, quarrel with”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?o.nus/, [??n?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?o.nus/, [???nus]

Noun

onus n (genitive oneris); third declension

1. burden, load
2. cargo, freight
3. (figuratively) tax, tax burden

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

• oner?
• onustus
• onus proband?

Descendants

• Dutch: onus
• English: onus
• Italian: onere
• Portuguese: ónus

References

• onus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• onus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• onus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• onus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Clackson, James, Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings from the International Conference, 2002