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Responsibility or burden (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

onus

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">responsibility</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(onus is a duty or responsibility)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">burden</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that burden can be written as onus)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for onus that I've seen before include "albatross?" , "Encumbrance" , "Liability" , "Capulet opponent (R&J)" , "Burden, duty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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