Definitions
an onerous or difficult concern
Word origin
Learned borrowing from Latin onus (literally “burden”).
Used in a sentence
“The onus is on the landlord to make sure the walls are protected from mildew.”
“Geraldine evades the onus of ambition by subordinating it to the service of her family, and escapes the onus of sexuality by bodily mutilation”
“He'll always bear the onus of having caused the accident.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Duty to bear”4 letters
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