noun
lack of responsibility; absence of liability
Formal term used in legal, contractual, or official contexts to indicate that a party bears no responsibility or liability for a matter.
契約書には、不可抗力による損害について無答責であると明記されていた。
The contract clearly stated that there was no liability for damages caused by force majeure.
この条項は、会社
This clause stipulates the company's lack of responsibility.
責任 (responsibility) is the positive counterpart; 無答責 describes the state of having no such responsibility.
Compound of 無 (mu, 'without') + 答責 (tōseki, 'responsibility, liability'). 答責 itself is a Sino-Japanese term combining 答 (answer, respond) and 責 (blame, responsibility). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is used in formal and legal contexts.