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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. liable to account for one's actions;
- Example: "governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves"
- Example: "fully accountable for what they did"
- Example: "the court held the parents answerable for their minor child's acts of vandalism"
- Example: "he was answerable to no one"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Accountable \Ac*count"a*ble\, a.
   1. Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable;
      as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct.
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   2. Capable of being accounted for; explicable. [R.]
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            True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and
            accountable, -- not a burden but a privilege. --B.
                                                  Whichcote.
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   Syn: Amenable; responsible; liable; answerable.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

accountable
    adj 1: liable to account for one's actions; "governments must be
           accountable to someone beside themselves"; "fully
           accountable for what they did"; "the court held the
           parents answerable for their minor child's acts of
           vandalism"; "he was answerable to no one"