holding accountable
- responsibleObligated to answer for actions
- answerableLiable to account
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
- consequencesResults of actions taken
- reckoningSettlement of accounts
justice · confrontation · transparency · oversight · audit · scrutiny · testimony · evidence · prosecution · judgment · liability · culpability · witness · interrogation · confession · admission · whistleblower · expose
responsibility enforcement
holding accountableexcusing
Forgiving a transgression
letting slide · absolving · letting off · enabling · looking the other way
blame attribution
holding accountableexonerating
Clearing of wrongdoing
vindicating · defending · justifying · rationalizing · blaming others
transparency vs concealment
holding accountablecovering up
Hiding wrongdoing from others
sweeping under the rug · concealing · burying · suppressing · hushing up