accountable
/əˈkaʊntəbl/ adjective [never before noun]Definition
› having to be responsible for what you do and able to explain your actions: Hospitals must be held accountable for their mistakes. Politicians should be accountable to the public that elects them. → Opposite unaccountable
accountability /əˌkaʊntəˈbɪləti/ noun [U] (Definition of accountable adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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