accountable (s)

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type s
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def liable to account for one's actions
examples 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
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Derivationally related form accountable → account; accountable → accountability
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Derivationally related form accountability → accountable; account → accountable

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