onuses
Responsibilities to bear
Onuses is the plural of onus, meaning burdens of responsibility or obligation.
The onus typically falls on someone to prove something or take action: The onuses of proof fall on different parties depending on the claim.
The word appears most often in legal and formal contexts.
Some speakers use the Latin plural onera, but onuses predominates in English.
Required task or commitment
- taskWork to be done
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- rolePosition or part
- chargeCost or accusation
assignment · mandate · function · job · service · calling · mission · stewardship
Obligation for one's actions
- culpabilityDeserving blame for wrongdoing
- faultImperfection or blame
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
indebtedness · penalty · risk · negligence · damages · legal responsibility · burden of proof · exposure
Duty to prove allegations
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- verificationProving something accurate
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- substantiationProof of truth
justification · showing · persuasion · standard · threshold · establishment · documentation · argumentation
obligation
Required task or commitment
- taskWork to be done
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- rolePosition or part
charge · assignment · mandate · function · job · service · calling · mission · stewardship · accountability
accountability
Obligation for one's actions
- culpabilityDeserving blame for wrongdoing
- faultImperfection or blame
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
guilt · indebtedness · penalty · risk · negligence · damages · legal responsibility · burden of proof · exposure · consequence
burden of proof
Duty to prove allegations
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- verificationProving something accurate
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
substantiation · justification · showing · persuasion · standard · threshold · establishment · documentation · argumentation
weight
Measure of heaviness
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- strainExcessive stretching force
- pressureForce upon contact
stress · heaviness · load · millstone · yoke · albatross · hardship · trouble · affliction · ordeal
onusesprivileges
Rights granted to some
rights · entitlements · benefits · prerogatives · perquisites
onusesreliefs
Raised surface carvings
exemptions · reprieves · releases · dispensations · absolutions