Meaning answerable
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answerable"liable to be held responsible," 1540s, from answer (v.) + -able. Less-common meaning "able to be answered" is from 1690s.
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answerable(adj) capable of being answered(adj) morally or legally responsible to a higher authority
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answerable1. 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) 2. Capable of bein [..]
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