Meaning of ACCOUNTABLE
| Pronunciation: | | u'kawntubul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] liable to be called to account; "you are answerable for this debt" |
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| | Synonyms: | | amenable, answerable |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ac*count"a*ble\, a.
1. Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable;
as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct.
2. Capable of being accounted for; explicable. [R.]
True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and
accountable, -- not a burden but a privilege. --B.
Whichcote.
Syn: Amenable; responsible; liable; answerable.
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| | Related Terms: | | alleged, amenable, answerable, ascribable, assignable, attributable, attributed, chargeable, charged, construable, credited, definable, derivable from, derivational, derivative, describable, due, Englishable, explainable, explicable, imputable, imputed, interpretable, liable, obligated, obliged, owing, putative, referable, referred to, renderable, responsible, responsible for, to blame, traceable, translatable |
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