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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accountability \Ac*count`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to
render an account; accountableness ``The awful idea of
accountability.'' --R. Hall.
From WordNet r 1.6 [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
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