accountableness

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It is the foundation of all rights and obligations, and of all accountableness; and the notion of it is fixed and precise.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

His own accountableness, as soon as he can comprehend it, he begins to feel habitually, and always.

From The world's great sermons, Volume 03 Massillon to Mason by Kleiser, Grenville

There was a conditional bargain proposed: as to be a servant, or tutor, or guardian upon trust, always implies conditions and accountableness to them that entrust them.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander

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 Eliot, George

"I am your son's tutor, and I know the accountableness of my position; I am in your service; this is your house, you can turn me out of it at once."

From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold