Answerable

Adjective

 * 1) Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable  to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages.
 * Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? --Swift.
 * 1) Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
 * The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. --Johnson.
 * 1) Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable.
 * What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? --Holland.
 * This revelation . . . was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. --Milton.
 * 1) Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.

Derived terms

 * answerability

Antonyms

 * unanswerable

Translations

 * Finnish: tilivelvollinen, vastuullinen


 * Spanish: responsable


 * Spanish: responsable

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