onus

Noun
  1. An onerous or difficult concern (synset 105841069)
    "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
    is a type of: concern, headache, vexation, worry - something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
    subtypes:
    • dead weight - an oppressive encumbrance
    • fardel - a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle)
    • imposition - an uncalled-for burden
    • pill - something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured
    same as: burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, load

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