Synonyms for accountability
əˌkaʊn təˈbɪl ɪ tiac·count·abil·i·ty

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1. accountabilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   accountableness

2. accountabilitynoun

   The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness; responsible for; answerable for.

   Synonyms:
   accountableness

3. accountabilitynoun

   The obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)

   Synonyms:
   accountableness

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1. accountability

   Etymologically, duty is that which is owed or due; obligation, that to or by which one is bound; right, that which is correct, straight, or in the direct line of truth and goodness; responsibility, that for which one must answer. Duty and responsibility are thought of as to some person or persons; right is impersonal. One's duty may be to others or to himself; his obligations and responsibilities are to others. Duty arises from the nature of things; obligation and responsibility may be created by circumstances, as by one's own promise, or by the acceptance of a trust, etc. We speak of a parent's duty, a debtor's obligation; or of a child's duty of obedience, and a parent's responsibility for the child's welfare. Right is that which accords with the moral system of the universe. Righteousness is right incarnated in action. In a more limited sense, right may be used of what one may rightly claim, and so be the converse of duty. It is the creditor's right to demand payment, and the debtor's duty to pay. Compare BUSINESS.

   Synonyms:
   business, duty, function, obligation, office, responsibility, right, righteousness

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1. accountability, answerability, answerablenessnoun

   responsibility to someone or for some activity

   Synonyms:
   answerability, answerableness

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1. accountabilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   accountableness, responsibility, liability, obligation, bond of duty

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1. accountabilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   amenability, liability

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1. List of paraphrases for "accountability":

   responsibility, liability, accountabilities, responsibilities, accountable, empowerment, reporting, accounting, responsible, transparency

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1. Joe Biden:

   It turns out corruption is a feature of this economic agenda, not a bug. You know, he's gon na pick his wealthy friends, his corporate cronies over working families every time, we're already seeing the tell-tale hallmarks of Trumponomics in the way he is implementing the crisis response efforts : no strings, no oversight, no accountability.

2. John Boehner:

   President (Barack) Obama promised reform at the VA. It hasn't happened. He promised accountability. It hasn't happened.

3. California Attorney General Kamala Harris:

   A young, innocent woman, Kathryn Steinle, has been killed, and her murderer must be brought to justice. My office stands ready to support the prosecution to ensure he faces swift accountability and consequences, on the issue of immigration, our policy should not be informed by our collective outrage about one man's conduct.

4. Bill Browder:

   There is clear evidence since we filed that warrants a proper investigation of Devin Nunes activities, glenn Simpson was working with a foreign principal. ... [ who was ] an agent of the Russian government, Natalia Veselnitskaya. Veselnitskaya, who was at the center of a controversial 2016 Trump Tower meeting, was charged in federal court earlier this yearwith obstruction of justice in connection witha civil money laundering and forfeiture case involving a Russian tax refund fraud scheme. Although possible dirt on Hillary Clinton was reportedly floated in advance of the infamous meeting with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort, Veselnitskaya has publicly said Hillary Clinton used the meeting to push for repeal of the anti-corruption law. Natalia Veselnitskaya met with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort at Trump Tower in June 2016. In Jared Kushner lawsuit, Devin Nunes said Fusion GPS -- the firm paid by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee to create the salaciously anti-TrumpSteele dossier -- coordinatedwith another group to file several fraudulent and harassing ethics complaints intended to derail his investigation. Thecomplaintin the Eastern District of Virginia, which namedSimpsonand the nonprofitCampaign for Accountability( CfA), said the.

5. John Ratcliffe:

   We know that things happened in the Obama administration that haven't been answered. There's been no accountability for that yet.