accountableness

  • 31liability — [n1] answerability, responsibility accountability, accountableness, amenability, amenableness, arrearage, blame, burden, compulsion, culpability, debt, duty, indebtedness, obligation, onus, owing, subjection, susceptibility; concept 645 Ant.… …

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  • 32obligation — [n] responsibility accountability, accountableness, agreement, bond, burden, business, call, cause, charge, chit*, commitment, committal, compulsion, conscience, constraint, contract, debit, debt, devoir, due bill, dues, duty, engagement, IOU*,… …

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  • 33accountable — [ə kount′ə bəl] adj. 1. obliged to account for one s acts; responsible 2. capable of being accounted for; explainable SYN. RESPONSIBLE accountability n. accountableness accountably adv …

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