accountability

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /əˌkaʊn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/ UK /əˌkaʊn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/ See IPA manual

Freq #26891

Meanings

1

noun
The state of being responsible for your actions and having to explain them to others.

Voters are demanding greater accountability from their elected officials.
2

noun
The duty to keep an accurate record of money, property, or documents in your care.

Each officer has accountability for the equipment issued to them.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the state of being... answerability responsibility

More accountableness

Word family

Forms accountabilities

Derived forms accountabilibuddynonaccountabilityunaccountability

Related forms responsibility

Etymology

From accountable + -ity.

Topics

Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# accountability

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˌkaʊn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/
**IPA (UK):** /əˌkaʊn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/
**Frequency rank:** 26891

## Meanings
1. The state of being responsible for your actions and having to explain them to others.
2. The duty to keep an accurate record of money, property, or documents in your care.

## Examples
- Voters are demanding greater accountability from their elected officials.
- Each officer has accountability for the equipment issued to them.

## Synonyms
- accountableness

## Derived Forms
- accountabilibuddy
- nonaccountability
- unaccountability

## Related Forms
- responsibility

## Etymology
From accountable + -ity.

## AI Etymology
Accountability is formed from accountable + -ity. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include the state of being responsible for your actions and having to explain them to others and the duty to keep an accurate record of money, property, or documents in your care. The wider family includes derived forms such as accountabilibuddy, nonaccountability, and unaccountability; related words such as responsibility.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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