accountableness
Example Sentences
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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
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)
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
This single point—whether positive harm has been done to any one—comprehends the whole essence and sum of the conscious accountableness of very ignorant people.
From An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance by Foster, John
