[rapphitchøp] (v) EN: be responsible ; take responsibilities ; accept responsibility ; be accountable for ; bear ; shoulderFR: assumer la responsabilité ; prendre ses responsabilités ; être responsable ; répondre de
(adj) liable to account for one's actions, Example:governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves; fully accountable for what they did; the court held the parents answerable for their minor child's acts of vandalism; he was answerable to no one
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