account for

Meaning

To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.
To be the primary cause of
To constitute in amount or portion.
To make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things.
To be answerable for.
To destroy or put out of action.
To kill, as in hunting.

elucidate

give an accounting for

be answerable

be liable

give reasons

be responsible

circumstantiate

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