answerable ( synonym found)

Definition of answerable:

(adj) : 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; capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer
"will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? --Swift."

Definition of answerable:

(adj) : 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; capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer
"will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? --Swift."

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