Accountability — is the concept in ethics and governance with several meanings. It is often used synonymously with such concepts as responsibility,[1] answerability, blameworthiness, liability, and other terms associated with the expectation of account giving. As … Wikipedia
accountability — [n] responsibility answerability, blameworthiness, liability; concept 645 … New thesaurus
South African law of delict — The South African law of delict engages primarily with the circumstances in which one person can claim compensation from another for harm that has been suffered. [1] JC Van der Walt and Rob Midgley define a delict, in general terms [...] as a… … Wikipedia
culpability — I noun blame, blameworthiness, censurableness, chargeableness, criminality, delinquency, dereliction, failure in duty, fault, guilt, guiltiness, improbity, misbehavior, misconduct, misdoing, peccability, peccancy, remissness, reprehensibility,… … Law dictionary
blame — I (culpability) noun accusal, accusation, blameworthiness, castigation, censurability, censurableness, censure, chargeability, condemnation, crimination, criticism, culpa, culpableness, damnation, decrial, delation, delinquency, denouncement,… … Law dictionary
fault — n 1. defect, flaw, imperfection, Sl. bug; blemish, taint, spot, stain; frailty, weakness, infirmity, foible, shortcoming, failing. 2. error, mistake, inaccuracy; omission, oversight, slip up, slip, lapse; blunder, botch, fumble, foozle, Sl. boo… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
responsibility — n 1. answerability, answerableness, accountability, accountableness, liability, chargeabil ity, amenability. 2. duty, bounden duty, obligation, onus, burden; office, charge, care, custody, trust; jurisdiction, bailiwick, beat; part, role, bit,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
