Lī'a-bil'i-ty, n.
n. 1. The state of being bound or obliged in law or justice; responsibility; as, the officer wishes to discharge himself from his liability.
Sense 2. Exposedness; tendency; a state of being subject; as, the liability of a man to contract disease in an infected room; a liability to accidents.
Sense 3. (pl.) That which one is under obligation to pay; obligation; debts.