answerable

Definition

Required to justify one's actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible.

Etymology

From answer + -able.

Example Sentences

• "1731, Jonathan Swift, “The Sentiments of a Church-of-England Man, with respect to Religion and Government” in Miscellanies, London: Benjamin Motte and Charles Bathurst, Volume I, Section 2, p. 91, Should any Man argue, that […] he cannot be justly punished, but is answerable only to God […]"
• "Is my question answerable on basis of the reading alone or does it go outside the information given in the story?"
• "What wit and policie of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course?"