accountable
uh-KOWN-tuh-buladjMeaning responsible for your actions and expected to explain them
Memory hook ACCOUNT-ABLE: able to give an ACCOUNT. Maya, the class treasurer, can show where every dollar of the trip money went, down to the last receipt. She is accountable.
As class treasurer, Maya was accountable for every dollar of the trip fund.
In context The new rules hold each driver accountable: if a package arrives damaged, the driver who carried it must explain what happened.
Similar responsible, answerable, liable
Opposite unaccountable, exempt