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   Ac·count·a·ble

   /əˈkoun(t)əbəl/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person, organization, or institution) required or expected to justify actions or decisions; responsible: "parents could be held accountable for their children's actions" Similar responsibleliableanswerablechargeableto blameanswerableresponsiblereportingsubjectunder the charge ofbound to obeyobeyingbound byOpposite unaccountable
   • 2. explicable; understandable: "the delayed introduction of characters' names is accountable, if we consider that names have a low priority" Similar explicableexplainableunderstandablecomprehensibleintelligibledefinablereasonableunsurprising

   Derivatives

   • 1. accountably adverb

   Scrabble Points: 17

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   • A

     1

   • B

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

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