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US
/əˈkaʊnəbəɫ, əˈkaʊntəbəɫ/
]
[ UK /ɐkˈaʊntəbəl/ ]
[ UK /ɐkˈaʊntəbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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liable to account for one's actions
the court held the parents answerable for their minor child's acts of vandalism
fully accountable for what they did
governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves
he was answerable to no one
How To Use accountable In A Sentence
- History will tell whether those responsible will be held accountable for their crimes.
- We are not accountable to special interest groups on the right or the left. Times, Sunday Times
- To erode that bedrock is to subscribe, to a “divine right of kings” theory of governance, in which those who govern are absolved from adhering to the basic moral standards to which the governed are accountable. Bush Slanders Freedom « Antiwar.com Blog
- At the most recent inquiry, however, it seems that a jury decided that the policemen should be held accountable.
- But in the longer term fragmented, divided, accountable-to-no-one-but-the-president, un-transparent, corrupt and internally feuding armed forces could all too easily be sent off to fight to satisfy internal power struggles. Armenian News - PanARMENIAN.Net
- Local authorities should be publicly accountable to the communities they serve.
- This case should be pursued and if she is guilty she must be held accountable. The Sun
- She is accountable only to the managing director.
- Justice permits the doer of evil to be held accountable for every iota of harm that ensues as a result of the evil act, and that reckoning can be terrible indeed.
- If a ward is failing then the inspector is held accountable and moved on. Police Do As They Are Told Shock!!!! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG