as in responsibility
willingness or obligation to explain one's actions or to admit being the cause of a problem
There is a push to increase accountability among government officials.
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Recent Examples of accountability
Furthermore, the orders eliminate police accountability.
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Arnold Kriss, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
The Charlotte Observer Mary Ramsey is the local government accountability reporter for The Charlotte Observer.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2025
Others would be scandals worthy of resignations if only there were political leaders able to enforce some accountability.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
And the reality of that is the accountability comes from filming their own deaths and providing video footage to have any kind of accountability as to why these people are being killed or how they’re being killed, but they are being killed.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
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Arnold Kriss, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
The Charlotte Observer Mary Ramsey is the local government accountability reporter for The Charlotte Observer.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2025
Others would be scandals worthy of resignations if only there were political leaders able to enforce some accountability.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
And the reality of that is the accountability comes from filming their own deaths and providing video footage to have any kind of accountability as to why these people are being killed or how they’re being killed, but they are being killed.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accountability
responsibility
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For more than a decade, the Communist Party of China has positioned itself as a vocal opponent of terrorism in global fora, invoking the language of stability, responsibility, and multilateral cooperation.—
Jianli Yang,
National Review,
18 May 2025
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Your routines, responsibilities, employment or health could have all budded happily.—
Kyle Thomas,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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“Accountability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accountability. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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