Answer for
Answer for verb - Furnish a justifying analysis or explanation.
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Synonyms for Answer for
To account and answer for are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "To account" with "Answer for", this terms are similar.
To account
Answer for and to account are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Answer for" instead a verb phrase "To account".
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The main trial saw 23 of the highest-ranking surviving members of Nazi government brought before an Allied military tribunal to answer for both war-crimes, and "crimes against humanity" to account for the horrors of the Holocaust.
Source: World War II / The Aftermath
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