responsible vs self-sustaining

responsible

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

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

  • Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy. 

  • Answerable to (a superior). 

  • 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. 

self-sustaining

adj
  • Able to provide for one's own needs without help from others; self-sufficient. 

  • Able to sustain itself without the need for additional fuel. 

  • Opposing or rejecting exterior influence; independent. 

How often have the words responsible and self-sustaining occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )