accountability

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 This, coupled with another incident four years earlier, led Benjamin to reach out to legislators, asking for help in protecting people like her daughter by increasing transparency and accountability at the Department of Developmental Services. Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2025 If that continues, the quality of our foreign policy conversation will degrade even further, not just in accuracy, but in accountability. Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025 There’s a lot of accountability going on among the Thunder right now as well. Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025 Carlon says the incident highlights just how far people will go to get a good photo, as well as their flagrant lack of accountability. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for accountability
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responsibility
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  • Hackers aligned with Iran have claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on President Trump’s Truth Social platform, according to the cyber nonprofit Center for Internet Security (CIS).
    Julia Shapero, The Hill, 23 June 2025
  • While no group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, Syrian Interior Ministry spokesman Noureddine Al-Baba suggested ISIS as a likely culprit following a preliminary investigation.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2025

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“Accountability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accountability. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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