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Responsibility we can't avoid? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

onus

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'responsibility' is the definition.
(onus is a duty or responsibility)

'we can't avoid?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'we' could be 'us' and 'us' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'on' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for onus that I've seen before include "Duty or responsibility" , "Burden, duty" , "Obligation - charge" , "Liability" , "Encumbrance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Globe and Mail.
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