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| 1. | [ adjective ] liable to be called to account | |
| Synonyms: | answerable | |
| Examples: | "you are answerable for this debt" |
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| Related terms: | amenable | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] being obliged to answer to an authority for your actions | |
| Synonyms: | answerable | |
| 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" |
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| Related terms: | responsible | |
| Similar spelling: |
accountant accountability accountancy accounting accountantship account_for Aconitum account_book |
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