answerable

1. a. 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. Source: opted

2. a. Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer. Source: opted

3. a. Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable. Source: opted

4. a. Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it. Source: opted

5. a. Equal; equivalent; adequate. Source: opted

6. adj. capable of being answered Source: wordnet

7. adj. morally or legally responsible to a higher authority Source: wordnet

8. adj. liable to account for one's actions Source: wordnet

9. j:100 s. capable of being answered s. morally or legally responsible to a higher authority Source: ecdict

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