Dictionary entry

Accountable

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ac‐count″a‐ble (�), a. 1. Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct.

2. Capable of being accounted for; explicable.

True religion... intelligible, rational, and accountable, — not a burden but a privilege.

B. Whichcote.

Syn. — Amenable; responsible; liable; answerable.