1.
If you are ~ to someone, you have to report to them and explain your actions.
Councils should be ~ to the people who elect them...
ADJ: v-link ADJ to n
2.
If you are ~ for your actions or for someone else’s actions, you are considered to be responsible for them and if necessary must accept punishment for them.
He must be made ~ for these terrible crimes.
= accountable
ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ for n