different between accountability vs rebuke

English

Etymology

From accountable +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?.?ka?n.t?.?b?l.?t.i/

Noun

accountability (usually uncountable, plural accountabilities)

1. The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.
2. An open determination of one's responsibility for something and imposition of consequences.
3. Good-faith acceptance of one's responsibility for something and of its consequences.
4. (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.

Synonyms

• accountableness

Translations

See also

• responsibility

References

• accountability at OneLook Dictionary Search
• accountability in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Middle English rebuken, from Anglo-Norman rebuker (“to beat back, repel”), from re- + Old French *buker, buchier, buschier (“to strike, hack down, chop”), from busche (“wood”), from Vulgar Latin buska (“wood, grove”), from Frankish *busc, *busk (“grove”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”); equivalent to re- +? bush.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?bju?k/, /???bju?k/

Noun

rebuke (plural rebukes)

1. A harsh criticism.
   • 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track

     There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.

Synonyms

• reproach, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand, admonition

Translations

Verb

rebuke (third-person singular simple present rebukes, present participle rebuking, simple past and past participle rebuked)

1. To criticise harshly; to reprove.

   O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath. (Psalm 6, BSB)

Synonyms

• reprimand, reproach, reprove, reprehend, admonish, criticise, berate, scold
• See also Thesaurus:criticize

Translations

Anagrams

• Kueber