Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct.

3o -- See also: God/ to

liable to account for one's actions; "governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves"; "fully accountable for what they did"; "the court held the parents answerable for their minor child's acts of vandalism"; "he was answerable to no one"

responsible or answerable to others.