The expressions below can be associated with rights
- be entitled to
- be empowered to
- be allowed to
- be authorized to
- be permitted to
and the expressions below can be associated with responsibilities
- have a duty to
- be obliged to
- be committed to
- be required to
- be held accountable to
The question is if the ten expressions shuffled how can I determine which ones are responsibilities and which ones are rights.
P.S. It was a test and I am unable to find a logical way to do that.
Best Answer
A responsibility is something you have to do or (at least) ought to do.
A right is something you are allowed to do or permitted to do. You have no obligation to exercise your right.
All of the verbs in the first group have a sense of "permission", all of those in the second group have a sense of obligation.