taking responsibility

• accountabilityObligation for one's actions
• ownershipLegal right of possession
• dutyRequired moral task
• blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
• burdenOppressive weight or duty

shoulders · stepping up · admitting · confessing · fault · apologizing · conscience · maturity · reliability · commitment · trustworthy · backbone · integrity · answerable · liable · buck stops here · owning up · manning up

• initiativetake action, taking initiative, go for it, initiating, take the lead
• Taking Initiativeinitiative, taking charge, first move, taking action, proactive
• atonementpropitiation, substitution, reconciler, forgiveness, sin offering