Other Words from accountable

accountableness \ ə-ˈkau̇n-tə-bəl-nəs

\ noun

accountably \ ə-ˈkau̇n-tə-blē

\ adverb

Choose the Right Synonym for accountable

responsible, answerable, accountable, amenable, liable mean subject to being held to account. responsible implies holding a specific office, duty, or trust. the bureau responsible for revenue collection answerable suggests a relation between one having a moral or legal obligation and a court or other authority charged with oversight of its observance. an intelligence agency answerable to Congress accountable suggests imminence of retribution for unfulfilled trust or violated obligation. elected officials are accountable to the voters amenable and liable stress the fact of subjection to review, censure, or control by a designated authority under certain conditions. laws are amenable to judicial review not liable for the debts of the former spouse

Examples of accountable in a Sentence

If anything goes wrong I will hold you personally accountable! the owner was held accountable for his dog's biting of the child

Recent Examples on the Web They must be held accountable for their past failures and prevented from inflicting any more harm. — Ira Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 May 2022 The Marcos regime may have ended in the 1980s, but campaigners say the Marcoses were never held accountable for the scale of their misdeeds and fear Marcos Jr could erode efforts to settle past injustices. — Veejay Villafranca For Cnn, CNN, 6 May 2022 Companies and nonprofits should be held accountable for their actions (or inactions), and they should be made to suffer the consequences of these actions (or inactions) in the competitive marketplace. — Timothy J. Mcclimon, Forbes, 6 May 2022 Ben Rottenborn, Heard’s attorney, argued Tuesday that Heard cannot be held accountable for the headline because it was written by the Washington Post. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 3 May 2022 Mohammed vowed to attend every court hearing to ensure North is held accountable for her son's death. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 3 May 2022 Police need to be held accountable for Sunday's incident, Weah said. — NBC News, 21 Apr. 2022 By the way, Prudential is one of the companies that made the decision in 2020 to publicly disclose more of its diversity data, so it could be held accountable for progress on that front. — David Meyer, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2022 Magierowski emphasized that all Russians should be held accountable for the devastation and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, not just Putin, because of the propaganda efforts within Russia to diminish the effects of war in their neighboring country. — Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2022 See More

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