Onus

['əʊnəs] or ['onəs]

Definition

(n.) A burden; an obligation.

Typist: Loretta

Definition

n. burden: responsibility.—Onus probandī the burden of proving.

Checked by Claudia

Examples

Then on me be the onus of bringing it forward. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
He had better send a note to Hermione: she might trouble about him, and he did not want the onus of this. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

Typed by Harrison

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