Definitions for accountable
əˈkaʊn tə bəlac·count·able

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. accountableadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. accountableadjective

   Having accountability (individuals have accountability); answerable.

2. accountableadjective

   Requiring accountability (property or funds require accountability).

3. accountableadjective

   Liable to be called on to render an account;

4. accountableadjective

   Being answerable for.

5. accountableadjective

   Being liable for.

6. accountableadjective

   Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.

7. Etymology: * First attested around 1400.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Accountableadjective

   Of whom an account may be required; who must answer for: followed by the particle to before the person, and for before the thing.

   Etymology: from account.

   Accountable to none,
   But to my conscience and my God alone. John Oldham.

   Thinking themselves excused from standing upon their own legs, or being accountable for their own conduct, they very seldom trouble themselves with enquiries. John Locke, on Education.

   The good magistrate will make no distinction; for the judgment is God’s; and he will look upon himself as accountable at his bar for the equity of it. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. accountable

   Accountability, in terms of ethics and governance, is equated with answerability, blameworthiness, liability, and the expectation of account-giving. As in an aspect of governance, it has been central to discussions related to problems in the public sector, nonprofit and private (corporate) and individual contexts. In leadership roles, accountability is the acknowledgment and assumption of responsibility for actions, products, decisions, and policies including the administration, governance, and implementation within the scope of the role or employment position and encompassing the obligation to report, explain and be answerable for resulting consequences. In governance, accountability has expanded beyond the basic definition of "being called to account for one's actions". It is frequently described as an account giving relationship between individuals, e.g. "A is accountable to B when A is obliged to inform B about A's (past or future) actions and decisions, to justify them, and to suffer punishment in the case of eventual misconduct" and more. Accountability cannot exist without proper accounting practices; in other words, an absence of accounting means an absence of accountability. Another key area that contributes to accountability is good records management.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. accountable

   Accountable refers to being responsible or answerable for something. It entails an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to take account of one's actions. Accountable individuals or entities are often expected to explain their actions or decisions to others.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Accountableadjective

   liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct

2. Accountableadjective

   capable of being accounted for; explicable

Editors ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. accountable

   For every form of unity assembly, unity council, unity legislature, unity senate, unity house of representatives, unity government, local unity government, regional unity government, national unity government, european unity government and international unity government to change on a fasttrack what is necessary to ensure their actions and legislation created are accurate, just, fair, rational, logical, empathetic, loving and kind to ensure optimum health, human rights, equality, justness, fairness, stability and redistribution of wealth.

   The unity governments are accountable to all citizens within society.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on October 29, 2020  

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   accountable

   Legislation applied equally to every person of official adult age in every form of employment and sector of society and a country including members of all forms of unity government and diplomats.

   We are all accountable for our actions in society.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on June 25, 2020  

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   accountable

   To explain the reason for a specific goal, intention, task or plan.

   The government are accountable to the electorate.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 14, 2020  

How to pronounce accountable?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of accountable in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of accountable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of accountable in a Sentence

1. Mindy McGillivray:

   I feel like we are the forgotten ones. I feel like we have been brushed aside and forgotten about, how many women is it going to take for people to go :' OK, enough is enough.' What is it going to really take for people to go,' OK, well, you know what ? He needs to be held accountable. He can't go on like this.'.

2. John Fleming:

   For years the IRS has abused its power to target people based on their political views. Commissioner John Koskinen not only did nothing about it, but continued the trend of deception by deliberately keeping Congress and the American people in the dark, to date no one has been held accountable and no one will unless we move forward with a resolution to require a vote on his impeachment.

3. Jake Sullivan:

   We have communicated to the Russian government that what happens to Mr. Navalny in their custody is their responsibility and they will be held accountable by the international community, in terms of the specific measures that we would take, we are looking at a variety of different costs that we would impose and I'm not going to telegraph that publicly at this point.

4. Democratic National Committee:

   Mike Pence is trying to run away from Mike Pence record as Trump’s MAGA wingman and is hitting the road to promote Mike Pence extreme anti-choice agenda in Iowa, we can count on Mike Pence to make Mike Pence plan to ban abortion in every state the new litmus test for Iowa Republicans — and we ’ll be here to hold them accountable every single day.

5. Jake Sullivan:

   What Jake Sullivan was saying was that if Vladimir Putin wants to come and say,' I'm prepared to make sure that cyber criminals are held accountable,' Trip AbroadPresident Biden is perfectly willing to show up and say cyber criminals will be held accountable in America, because they already are.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=accountable
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Accountable
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=accountable
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accountable
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accountable