accountableness

Example Sentences

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"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

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 Breckinridge, Rev. Robert J.

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)

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Yes, they can—for they are men; generally reputable men; in cases not a few, pious men; and all have consciences, and may be made to feel their accountableness to God.

From Select Temperance Tracts by American Tract Society