{
  "id": "responsible.moral",
  "term": "responsible",
  "sense": "moral",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 21,
  "arena": "everyday",
  "domain": "social",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "able to control and bound by a law",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "control.ability",
      "law.rule"
    ],
    "interaction": "control by law is condition",
    "novel_properties": [
      "accountability",
      "duty",
      "trustworthiness"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The captain of the MV Wakashio remained on board during the 2020 Mauritius oil spill to coordinate containment efforts until relieved by authorities.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Therac-25 radiation therapy machine halted operation when software detected conflicting user inputs, preventing uncontrolled dosage delivery.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "The 1978 Alma-Ata Declaration bound signatory nations to implement primary healthcare systems as a matter of legal obligation.",
      "domain": "law"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "appropriate.suitable",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "responsible is a kind of appropriate"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "responsible",
    "responsibles"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-responsible.moral"
}