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Definition of Irresponsibility
1. Noun. A form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions.
Exact synonyms: Irresponsibleness
Generic synonyms: Untrustiness, Untrustworthiness
Specialized synonyms: Undependability, Undependableness, Unreliability, Unreliableness, Arbitrariness, Capriciousness, Flightiness, Whimsey, Whimsicality, Whimsy, Carefreeness
Derivative terms: Irresponsible, Irresponsible
Antonyms: Responsibility, Responsibleness
Generic synonyms: Untrustiness, Untrustworthiness
Specialized synonyms: Undependability, Undependableness, Unreliability, Unreliableness, Arbitrariness, Capriciousness, Flightiness, Whimsey, Whimsicality, Whimsy, Carefreeness
Derivative terms: Irresponsible, Irresponsible
Antonyms: Responsibility, Responsibleness
Definition of Irresponsibility
1. n. Want of, or freedom from, responsibility or accountability.
Medical Definition of Irresponsibility
1. The state of not acting in a manner that is responsible, for conscious or unconscious reasons. Criminal irresponsibility, the state, usually attributed to mental defect or disease, that renders a person not responsbile for his criminal conduct. (05 Mar 2000)