| accountability | (n) responsibility to someone or for some activity, Syn. answerability, answerableness |
| accountable | (adj) liable to account for one's actions, Example: 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 |
| Accountability | n. The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; the obligation to bear the consequences for failure to perform as expected; accountableness. “The awful idea of accountability.” R. Hall. |
| Accountable | a. True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and accountable, -- not a burden but a privilege. B. Whichcote. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Accountable ness | n. The quality or state of being accountable; accountability. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Accountably | adv. In an accountable manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |