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ACCOUNTABLE
accountable
(adjective) liable to account for one’s actions; “governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves”; “fully accountable for what they did”; “the court held the parents answerable for their minor child’s acts of vandalism”; “he was answerable to no one”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
accountable (comparative more accountable, superlative most accountable)
Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
Obliged to keep accurate records (of property or funds).
Liable to be called on to render an account.
(rare) Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
Synonyms
• amenable, responsible, liable, answerable
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*count"a*ble, a.
1. Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct.
2. Capable of being accounted for; explicable. [R.] True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and accountable, -- not a burden but a privilege. B. Whichcote.
Syn.
– Amenable; responsible; liable; answerable.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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