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Answerable
Answerable An"swer*a*ble, a.
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.
Meaning of Answerable from wikipedia
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headed by
Narendra Modi and
consists of 71
fellow members. The
council is
answerable to the Lok Sabha. A
smaller executive body
called the
Union Cabinet is...
- as
commissioner or
chief constable. A
police chief is
appointed by and
answerable to a
state or
local government. The
precise role of a
chief of police...
- China.
Since 2009 it has been
administered independently of
Foshan city,
answerable directly to the
Guangdong provincial government.
According to archaeological...
- In law,
liable means "responsible or
answerable in law;
legally obligated".
Legal liability concerns both
civil law and
criminal law and can
arise from...
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office against the will of the Storting, the
prime minister is
primarily answerable to the Storting. The
prime minister is
almost always the
leader of the...
- media. In
professional football, a
manager is
usually appointed by and
answerable to the club's
board of directors, but at an
amateur level the manager...
- Accountability, in
terms of
ethics and governance, is
equated with
answerability, culpability, liability, and the
expectation of account-giving. As in...
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government is the de
facto political leader of the government, and is
answerable to at
least one
chamber of the legislature.
Although there is
often a...
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heads the
United States Supreme Court Police, a
security police service answerable to the
court itself rather than to the
president or
attorney general....
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character has
their share of vulnerabilities; and
every character is
answerable to somebody."
Vivek Santhosh of
Cinema Express gave it four out of five...
