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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Onus  \O"nus\,  n.  [L.] 
  A  burden;  an  obligation. 
 
  {Onus  probandi}[L.],  obligation  to  furnish  evidence  to  prove 
  a  thing  the  burden  of  proof. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  onus 
  n  :  an  onerous  or  difficult  concern;  "the  burden  of 
  responsibility";  "that's  a  load  off  my  mind"  [syn:  {burden}, 
  {load},  {encumbrance},  {incumbrance}] 




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