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 Furthermore, the orders eliminate police accountability. 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 See All Example Sentences for accountability
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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
  • 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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