How to pronounce accountable

held as liable for a person or thing

accountable(adj)

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"

being the one who must meet an obligation or suffer the consequences for failing to do so

the owner was held accountable for his dog's biting of the child

I am not accountable to you for my actions.

I am accountable to him for the loss.

Somebody has to be held accountable for his death.

He is accountable to the management for what he does.

A madman is not accountable for his actions.

liable responsible answerable amenable complaisant compliant conditional constitutional contingent docile ductile gentle humble lenient limited lowly meek mild submissive yielding punishable accredited delegated subordinate accounts accountability responsibility accounting accountant auditors charge accountants attributable

irresponsible nonaccountable unaccountable

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