Thesaurus: amenable

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1. a. Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband.
2. a. Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law.
3. a. Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.
4. a. Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.
5. adj. disposed or willing to conform
6. adj. responsive to suggestions and influences
7. adj. open to being acted upon in a certain way
8. adj. liable to answer to a higher authority
9. 1. (Old Law) Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband. [Obs.] Jacob. 2. Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law. Nor is man too diminutive . . . to be amenable to the divine government. I. Taylor. 3. Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc. 4. Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable. Sterling . . . always was amenable enough to counsel. Carlyle.
10. Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband. [Obs.]Jacob.
11. j:100 s. disposed or willing to comply s. readily reacting to suggestions and influences s. open to being acted upon in a certain way