responsible for your decisions or actions and expected to explain them when you are asked The state spends taxpayers' money and should be held accountable. accountable to somebody Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters. accountable for something Someone must be held accountable for the killings.
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NAmE//əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlət̮i//
noun [uncountable] proposals for greater police accountability the accountability of a company's executives to the shareholdersSee accountable in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: accountable