Meaning of “answerable” in the English Dictionary

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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.

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