Answerable

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Equal; equivalent; adequate.

II. Answerable ·adj Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable.

III. Answerable ·adj Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.

IV. Answerable ·adj Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.

V. 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.