Take responsibility for vs Take responsibility of

Both 'take responsibility for' and 'take responsibility of' are commonly used phrases, but 'take responsibility for' is the correct and more widely accepted construction in English. 'Take responsibility of' is considered incorrect and should be avoided.

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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"Take responsibility for "

This phrase is used to indicate that someone is accepting or acknowledging their responsibility for something.

Examples:

He needs to take responsibility for his actions.
She took responsibility for the mistake.
They should take responsibility for their own decisions.
Who will take responsibility for this project?
It's important to take responsibility for your words.

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Society must take responsibility for stopping this violence.
So, part of the challenge here is to say to young men, 'Take responsibility for your children.' But part of it is...
Clearly, society cannot take responsibility for everybody.
Chairman you must also take responsibility for Seung Jo's heart being weak.
Take responsibility for processes and structural organization.
Take responsibility for yourself and go and get cleaned up.
Take responsibility for anything in life if you find yourself compromised, Deacon.
Project: Take responsibility for humanity and the environment
Take responsibility for your own decisions without interference from the Cabal.
I'm just saying she needs some incentive to get clean, Take responsibility for her own care.
This is America, where people are supposed to Take responsibility for their own actions.
Take responsibility for anything in life if you find yourself compromised, Deacon.
Take responsibility for your actions, Your fears, your regrets.
Take responsibility for your spiritual being on Earth and allow that your life will change noticeably within a very short space of time.
Take responsibility for the bomb - What do detonated today? Synequanon the Corporation office.
Take responsibility for your life; try to understand what you are doing to ruin it; and try to make it better.
2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Take responsibility for reshaping your life We say we want to eat better, feel better, and look better.
No one can take responsibility for others.
If you take responsibility for interrogating...
You refuse to take responsibility for Oliver yourself.

Alternatives:

assume responsibility for
accept responsibility for
acknowledge responsibility for
be responsible for
bear responsibility for

This phrase is considered incorrect in English and should be avoided.

"Take responsibility of"

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But I don't want to take responsibility of your emotional baggage.
Microsoft is empowering you to take responsibility of and protect your data.
The company should take responsibility of the destiny of those who live in its territory.
I feel that it is time to take responsibility of what happened.
How are you going to take responsibility of this situation?
Do you tend to take responsibility of circumstances and situations in which you are involved?
and take responsibility of them. I think that if all this learning,
We are approaching now to the second phase which will require military consolidation, through gradual a concerted draw-down in combat troops numbers, while Afghans themselves increasingly take responsibility of their own security.
You take responsibility of your cousin's kid with a woman you don't even know?
For a noble scholar to lack such consistency, how would he take responsibility of great tasks in the future?
Do I take responsibility of my own formation and that of others, as an important task?
If a person want to be successful, he must take responsibility of his action and results, whether it is a positive or not so positive result.Potential means trying to be one's best self and asking the best from oneself.
She should take responsibility of him.
Even if the sin is commited without knowing, that person needs to take responsibility of it.
But I don't want to take responsibility of your emotional baggage.
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Professionals are available who would take the responsibility of keeping your structures termite proof.
I take the responsibility of cooking, homework assistance and leisure activities for them.
We take all responsibility of our products.
With machine translation the user always takes the responsibility of the quality.

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