as in responsibility
willingness or obligation to explain one's actions or to admit being the cause of a problem
There is a push to increase accountability among government officials.
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Recent Examples of accountability
This creates an unchecked culture of humiliation, and makes the social media world for Gen Z a place where accountability is absent and cruelty is rewarded.
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Eli Thompson, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2025
Together, the synergy of these two Water signs serves as an invitation for honesty, accountability and the courage to speak your truth.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Despite campaigning on promises of transparency and accountability, the incumbents’ actions have too often produced the opposite.
—Elaine Gantz Berman, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
And critically, no one is to blame—which makes accountability and action harder to rally.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
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Eli Thompson, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2025
Together, the synergy of these two Water signs serves as an invitation for honesty, accountability and the courage to speak your truth.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Despite campaigning on promises of transparency and accountability, the incumbents’ actions have too often produced the opposite.
—Elaine Gantz Berman, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
And critically, no one is to blame—which makes accountability and action harder to rally.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accountability
responsibility
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Traditionally, one of the key justifications for teamwork has been its psychological benefits—the energy that comes from collaboration, the reduced stress of shared responsibility, the excitement of building on each other’s ideas.—
François Candelon,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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Silva deserves credit for trusting an 18-year-old to shoulder the responsibility, even when King has shown his inexperience.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Accountability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accountability. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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