accountableness
State of being answerable
The quality of being accountable—subject to explanation or justification for one's actions.
Accountableness emphasizes the state or condition of bearing responsibility: The accountableness of elected officials to voters is fundamental to democracy.
The word is formal and rare; accountability is far more common in contemporary usage.
Moral soundness and consistency
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- dutyRequired moral task
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
- conscienceInternal moral sense
principles · morality · uprightness · rectitude · honor · trustworthiness · fairness · justice
Deserving blame for wrongdoing
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
- faultImperfection or blame
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- answerabilityObligation to explain oneself
negligence · breach · penalty · sanction · indemnity · compensation · restitution · litigation
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- auditFormal accounts examination
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
enforcement · checks · controls · supervision · due diligence · fiduciary · standards · benchmarks
Quality of being accessible
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- clarityState of being understandable
- forthrightnessQuality of being direct
truthfulness · straightforwardness · explicitness · visibility · reporting · auditing · documentation · traceability
integrity
Moral soundness and consistency
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- dutyRequired moral task
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
conscience · principles · morality · uprightness · rectitude · honor · trustworthiness · fairness · justice · virtue
culpability
Deserving blame for wrongdoing
answerability · negligence · breach · penalty · sanction · indemnity · compensation · restitution · litigation · damages
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- auditFormal accounts examination
regulation · enforcement · checks · controls · supervision · due diligence · fiduciary · standards · benchmarks · metrics
openness
Quality of being accessible
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- clarityState of being understandable
forthrightness · truthfulness · straightforwardness · explicitness · visibility · reporting · auditing · documentation · traceability · oversight
accountablenessimpunity
Freedom from consequences
unaccountability · irresponsibility · blamelessness · immunity · exemption
accountablenessopacity
Impermeability to light
secrecy · unaccountability · concealment · autonomy · independence
account, recount, accounts, accountant, accountable, accrue, accounting, accountability, unaccountable