accountable
adj/əˈkaʊntəbl̩/
Etymology From account + -able. First attested around 1400.
1
Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
- Everyone is accountable to God for their conduct.
- You will be held accountable for your misdemeanors.
1 more example
- "Because the railway is economically and socially vital, it receives large amounts of public money and must therefore ultimately be accountable to government. [...]2020 April 22, Philip Haigh, “Labour's blueprint for the future of Britain's railways”, in Rail, page 28:
2
Obliged to keep accurate records (of property or funds).
3
Liable to be called on to render an account.
4
Rare Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
- True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and accountable, -- not a burden but a privilege.1703, Benjamin Whichcote, Moral and Religious Aphorisms:
- Synonyms
- amenable, responsible, liable, answerable
- Derived terms
- accountability, accountable depot, accountable disbursing officer, accountable mail, accountableness, accountable officer, accountably, nonaccountable, unaccountable
- Related terms
- hold to account