n. 25B6; noun
journalists' liability for defamation : ACCOUNTABILITY, (legal) responsibility, answerability; blame, blameworthiness, culpability, guilt, fault.
they have big liabilities : FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS, debts, arrears, dues.
an electoral liability : HINDRANCE, encumbrance, burden, handicap, nuisance, inconvenience; obstacle, impediment, disadvantage, weakness, shortcoming; millstone round one's neck, albatross, Achilles heel; archaic cumber.
their liability to the disease : SUSCEPTIBILITY, vulnerability, proneness, tendency, predisposition, propensity.
immunity, asset.