Commitment vs. Accountability

Commitment vs. Accountability — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Commitment and Accountability

Commitmentnoun

The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:

Accountabilitynoun

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

Commitmentnoun

The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.

Accountabilitynoun

(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.

Commitmentnoun

Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.

Accountabilitynoun

responsibility to someone or for some activity

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Commitmentnoun

Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:

Commitmentnoun

Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.

Commitmentnoun

Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.

Commitmentnoun

The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.

Commitmentnoun

Perpetration, in a negative manner, as in a crime or mistake.

Commitmentnoun

State of being pledged or engaged.

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Commitmentnoun

The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.

Commitmentnoun

the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose;

a man of energy and commitment

Commitmentnoun

the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action;

his long commitment to public servicethey felt no loyalty to a losing team

Commitmentnoun

an engagement by contract involving financial obligation;

his business commitments took him to London

Commitmentnoun

a message that makes a pledge

Commitmentnoun

the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)