answerableadjective
uk/ˈɑːn.sər.ə.bəl/us/ˈæn.sɚ.ə.bəl/be answerable for sth
to be responsible for something that happens:
Soldiers who obey orders to commit atrocities should be answerable for their crimes.
be answerable to sb
If you are answerable to someone, you have to explain your actions to them because they have the main control and responsibility:
Any European central bank should be directly answerable to the European Parliament.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Guilty
- blameworthy
- blood
- convict
- conviction
- culpable
- guilt
- have (sb's) blood on your hands idiom
- responsible
- suspect
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