Definition of "accountable"

accountable

/əˈkaʊntəbl̩/

adjective
comparative more accountable, superlative most accountable
1. Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
  Quotations
  "Because the railway is economically and socially vital, it receives large amounts of public money and must therefore ultimately be accountable to government. [...]
  2020 April 22, Philip Haigh, “Labour's blueprint for the future of Britain's railways”, in Rail, page 28
2. Obliged to keep accurate records (of property or funds).
3. Liable to be called on to render an account.
4. (rare) Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
  Quotations
  True religion . . intelligible, rational, and accountable, -- not a burden but a privilege.
  1703, Benjamin Whichcote, Moral and Religious Aphorisms