accountable

[ uh-koun-tuh-buh l ]

/ əˈkaʊn tə bəl /

subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable.

capable of being explained; explicable; explainable.

Origin of accountable

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at account, -able

ac·count·a·ble·ness, noun ac·count·a·bly, adverb non·ac·count·a·ble, adjective

It is freedom, and accountable both legally and socially to the free choices of others around them.

Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans |Philip K. Howard |December 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I hope that America is going to hold Cuba accountable in public opinion.

Cuban Hip-Hop Was Born in Alamar |Daniel Levin |December 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
If candidates failed to take action, CounterPAC was ready to hold them accountable.

How to Fight Corruption With Game Theory |Mark McKinnon |November 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
When she tried to hold them accountable, a whole new kind of abuse began.

The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Nov 17-23, 2014 |William Boot |November 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

And always in the background, evanescent but, in the end, accountable, is Rupert Murdoch—courted, feared and sometimes loathed.

Murdoch on the Rocks: How a Lone Reporter Revealed the Mogul's Tabloid Terror Machine |Clive Irving |August 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
You are accountable to Parliament for the execution of that act according to the letter of it.

The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. I |Thomas Paine
Why should Marcolina, accountable to no one but herself, be concerned at his threats?

Casanova's Homecoming |Arthur Schnitzler
The French held him accountable only for deeds against their sovereignty.

White Shadows in the South Seas |Frederick O'Brien
You need not speak as if I were accountable for all the blackguardism.

The Three Brides |Charlotte M. Yonge
They were practically alone in the house, accountable to no one, and drawn together by an overwhelming anxiety.

Quin |Alice Hegan Rice

accountable

/ (əˈkaʊntəbəl) /

responsible to someone or for some action; answerable

able to be explained

accountability, noun accountably, adverb