Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun burden_of_proof

1 sense of burden of proof

Sense 1
burden of proof -- (the duty of proving a disputed charge)
       => duty, responsibility, obligation -- (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr)