ACCOUNTABLE

ACCOUNT'ABLE, adjective 1. Liable to be called to account; answerable to a superior.Every man is accountable to God for his conduct.2. Subject to pay, or make good, in case of loss. A sheriff is accountable as bailiff and receiver of goods.Accountable for, that may be explained. [Not elegant.]

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accountable. Accountable, a. subject to an account, answerable

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Ac‐count″a‐ble (�), a. 1. 1. Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct.
2. 2. Capable of being accounted for; explicable.
True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and accountable, — not a burden but a privilege. B. Whichcote. Syn. — Amenable; responsible; liable; answerable.