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Answerable

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.

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Responsible 84% connected

Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct…

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Responsible 84% connected

Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct…

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Soluble 84% connected

Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water.

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Soluble 84% connected

Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water.

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Answer 74% connected

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

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Answer 74% connected

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

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Answerableness 74% connected

The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent.

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Answerableness 74% connected

The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent.

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Accountable 92% connected

Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Account verb · 78% connection

To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities.

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Accountability noun · 78% connection

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness.

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Accountant noun · 78% connection

One who renders account; one accountable.

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Agency noun · 78% connection

The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of anot…

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Amenability noun · 78% connection

The quality of being amenable; amenableness.

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Amenable adjective · 78% connection

Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law.

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Amenableness noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness.

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Amenably adverb · 78% connection

In an amenable manner.

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Assure verb · 78% connection

To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See Insure.

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Chargeable adjective · 78% connection

Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder.

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Cid noun · 78% connection

the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the…

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Comptible verb · 78% connection

Accountable; responsible; sensitive.

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Controllable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command.

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Deed verb · 78% connection

That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including,…

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Good superl. · 78% connection

Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable; esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good degree, a good share or…

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Impute verb · 78% connection

To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -…

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Indemnified imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Indemnify

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Indemnifying p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Indemnify

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