precipitate vs responsible

precipitate

adj
  • headlong; falling steeply or vertically. 

  • With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong. 

  • Moving with excessive speed or haste; overly hasty. 

  • Performed very rapidly or abruptly. 

  • Very steep; precipitous. 

noun
  • a solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution 

  • a product resulting from a process, event, or course of action 

verb
  • To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form. 

  • To throw an object or person from a great height. 

  • To act too hastily; to be precipitous. 

  • To send violently into a certain state or condition. 

  • To make something happen suddenly and quickly. 

  • To come out of a liquid solution into solid form. 

  • To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets. 

  • To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground. 

  • To fall headlong. 

responsible

adj
  • Answerable to (a superior). 

  • Capable of rational conduct and thus morally accountable for one's behavior. 

  • Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy. 

  • Having the duty of taking care of something; answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically. 

  • Involving important duties; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned. 

  • Having good judgment in decision-making. 

  • Being a primary cause of a situation or action and thus able to be blamed or credited for it. 

  • In honor shame culture and patronage, the patron of the entity denoted by the prepositional phrase's compliment AKA object, the entity being its client. In this context the patron is usually being described analogously to a rump state that would govern the client, functioning as though it were a complaints department and a disciplinary apparatus by getting involved in any disputes involving the client, e.g. by acid attacking its own client or by taking revenge against the client's accuser. 

noun
  • An actor taking on the lesser roles in repertory theatre. 

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