Answerable — Defs

01 a. Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent…

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.
2.
Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
“The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable.” — Johnson.
3.
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.
4.
Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.
5.
Equal; equivalent; adequate.[Archaic]
“Had the valor of his soldiers been answerable, he had reached that year, as was thought, the utmost bounds of Britain.” — Milton.