accountable
adjective
subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable.
accountableness
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a word derived from
accountable.
Example Sentences
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In many instances, however, this last obtains such a predominance, as to lessen the confusion, and withal to preclude, in a great measure, the sense of accountableness.
From An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance by John Foster
"I am your son's tutor, and I know the accountableness of my position; I am in your service; this is your house, you can turn me out of it at once."
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach
He made them under the full and solemn impression of his accountableness to mankind, and the God of nations.
From Discussion on American Slavery by Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge
With me, indeed, this question is one of sacred accountableness; whereas with my opponents, I have good reason to say that it is an occasion for gratifying a spirit of worldly opposition.
From Middlemarch by George Eliot
There was a conditional bargain proposed: as to be a servant, or tutor, or guardian upon trust, always implies conditions and accountableness to them that entrust them.
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields
