Accountability

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Accountability \Ac*count`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
     The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to
     render an account; the obligation to bear the consequences
     for failure to perform as expected; accountableness. "The
     awful idea of accountability." --R. Hall.
  


     Syn: answerability, answerableness
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  accountability
       n : responsibility to someone or for some activity [syn: {answerability},
            {answerableness}]

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  ACCOUNTABILITY, n.  The mother of caution.
  
      "My accountability, bear in mind,"
          Said the Grand Vizier:  "Yes, yes,"
      Said the Shah:  "I do -- 'tis the only kind
          Of ability you possess."
                                                              Joram Tate