Adjective

(en adjective)

Obliged to answer or be called to account ((to) somebody); accountable, responsible.

Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? --Swift.

(archaic) Correspondent, in accordance; comparable ((to)).

What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? --Holland.

* 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :

To this revelation he assented the sooner, as he confesses, because it was answerable to that of the Apostle to the Thessalonians, Prove all things, hold fast that which is good.

Proportionate; commensurate in amount; suitable.

(rare) Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.

The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable . --Johnson.

Adjective

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Responsible for a dishonest act.

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(lb) Judged to have committed a crime.

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Having a sense of guilt.

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Blameworthy.

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*:At twilight in the summereat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly—the only lavishment of which he was ever guilty —on the floor.