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

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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

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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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