About The Word Onus

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Onus

Onus Meaning & Definition
Onus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Onus?

[n] an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Onus: burden | encumbrance | incumbrance | load

Related Terms | Find terms related to Onus: absolute indication | allegiance | arraignability | arraignableness | aspersion | assigned task | attaint | badge of infamy | bar sinister | baton | bend sinister | black eye | black mark | blameworthiness | bloody hands | blot | blur | bounden duty | brand | broad arrow | burden | burden of proof | burthen | business | call of duty | cargo | censurability | censurableness | censure | champain | charge | chargeability | commitment | complicity | conclusive evidence | criminality | cross | culpability | cumbrance | damning evidence | deadweight | dedication | deference | demonstration | determination | devoir | devotion | difficulty | dirty hands | disadvantage | disparagement | duties and responsibilities | duty | embarrassment | encumbrance | establishment | ethics | fault | fealty | freight | guilt | guiltiness | guilty conscience | hamper | handicap | homage | impeachability | impeachableness | impediment | impedimenta | imperative | implication | imposition | imputation | incontrovertible evidence | inconvenience | inculpation | indictability | indictableness | indisputable evidence | involvement | ironclad proof | line of duty | load | loyalty | lumber | mark of Cain | millstone | mission | must | obligation | odium | onus probandi | ought | pack | peccancy | penalty | pillorying | place | point champain | proof | red-handedness | reflection | reprehensibility | reprimand | reproach | reproachableness | reprovability | reprovableness | respect | self-imposed duty | settlement | slur | smear | smirch | smudge | smutch | spot | stain | stigma | stigmatism | stigmatization | sure sign | taint | tarnish | task | tax | trouble | unmistakable sign | weight | white elephant

See Also | concern | dead weight | fardel | headache | imposition | vexation | worry

Onus In Webster's Dictionary

\O"nus\, n. [L.] A burden; an obligation. {Onus probandi}[L.], obligation to furnish evidence to prove a thing; the burden of proof.

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