[notusuallybeforenoun] ~ (to sb) (for sth) responsible for your decisions or actions and expected to explain them when you are asked:
Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters. * Someone must be held accountable for the killings. * The state spends taxpayers' money and should be held accountable.
accountability noun [U]:
proposals for greater police accountability * the accountability of a company's directors to the shareholders
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