accountability
Other forms: accountabilities
If you take responsibility for your own actions, you show accountability. Stepping up and admitting it when you break something shows accountability.
Accountability is a noun that describes accepting responsibility, and it can be personal or very public. A government has accountability for decisions and laws affecting its citizens; an individual has accountability for acts and behaviors. Sometimes, though, taking accountability means admitting you made a mistake. Punishment may result, but accountability shows ownership and a willingness to admit mistakes.
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responsibility to someone or for some activitysynonyms: answerability, answerablenesstype of:responsibility, responsiblenessa form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct
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