accountableness
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In many instances, however, this last obtains such a predominance, as to lessen the confusion, and withal to preclude, in a great measure, the sense of accountableness.
From An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance by John Foster
We are taught also that men, independently of their accountableness to their own governments, are accountable for their actions in a future state, and that punishments are unquestionably to follow.
From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 by Thomas Clarkson
With me, indeed, this question is one of sacred accountableness; whereas with my opponents, I have good reason to say that it is an occasion for gratifying a spirit of worldly opposition.
From Middlemarch by George Eliot
He made them under the full and solemn impression of his accountableness to mankind, and the God of nations.
From Discussion on American Slavery by Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge
The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
