liabilities

NOUN

answerability, responsibility

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accountability burden culpability debt duty obligation

STRONG

amenability amenableness blame compulsion indebtedness onus subjection susceptibility

WEAK

accountableness arrearage owing

Antonyms

WEAK

asset irresponsibility unaccountability

NOUN

burden, debt

Synonyms

STRONGEST

damage inconvenience involvement loan mortgage obligation responsibility

STRONG

IOU account baggage balance bite chance chit contingency contract debit disadvantage drag drawback due encumbrance handicap hindrance impediment indebtedness lease millstone minus misfortune nuisance onus pledge possibility remainder tab

WEAK

arrear arrearage bad news indebtment

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advantage benefit profit

STRONG

aid assistance blessing certainty help

WEAK

asset irresponsibility unaccountability

NOUN

chance, probability

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exposure

STRONG

likelihood openness proneness susceptibility tendency vulnerability

WEAK

vulnerableness

Antonyms

WEAK

asset irresponsibility unaccountability

Example Sentences

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The conventional wisdom is that federal government debt — $39.1 trillion, or a mere $31.6 trillion when accounting for the liabilities owed to itself — is astronomically high.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

These are the estimated unfunded liabilities only for the next 75 years.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The default withholding rate of 22% might not cover tax liabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

In 2015, Justice bought Bluestone back for $5 million in cash and acquired hundreds of millions of dollars in environmental liabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

We have already noted some of the assets and liabilities they brought along with them.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis