Accountability vs Independent - What's the difference?
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The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness; responsible for; answerable for.
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(military) The obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)
not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
(politics) not affiliated with any political party
Providing a comfortable livelihood.
Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
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A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.
A neutral or uncommitted person.
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As nouns the difference between accountability and independent
is that accountability is the state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness; responsible for; answerable for while independent is a candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.As an adjective independent is
not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.accountability
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(wikipedia accountability)Noun
(en-noun)Usage notes
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* accountablenessSee also
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independent
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Adjective
(en adjective)- an independent property
- a man of an independent mind
- That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement.
