vastutuste

Vastutuste is the genitive plural form of the Estonian noun vastutus, which translates to responsibilities or liabilities. In formal and written contexts, vastutuste is used to refer to multiple duties or obligations associated with a person, role, contract, or organizational context. It appears notably in phrases that discuss the scope, division, or fulfillment of duties, such as vastutuste jaotamine (allocation of responsibilities) or vastutuste piirid (boundaries of responsibilities).

In everyday use, vastutus can denote both moral or social duties and legal or contractual liabilities. The plural form vastutused refers to multiple duties, while vastutuste (the genitive plural) is typically used to modify another noun within a noun phrase, for example vastutuste täitmine (fulfillment of responsibilities), vastutuste koormus (burden of responsibilities), or vastutuste jaotus (distribution of responsibilities). The distinction between responsibility in a normative sense and liability in a legal sense is often clarified by combining vastutus with qualifying terms such as juridiline vastutus (legal liability) or isiklike kohustuste vastutuse kontekstis.

Usage notes include that vastutuste functions as part of a larger noun phrase rather than as a stand-alone concept. It frequently appears in organizational, corporate, or governance texts where the allocation and management of duties among individuals or groups are discussed. Related terms include vastutus (singular) and kohustus (obligation), as well as legal terminology describing liability and accountability.