Answerable
Answerable adjective - Being the one who must meet an obligation or suffer the consequences for failing to do so.
Punishable and answerable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Punishable" instead an adjective "Answerable".
Punishable
Punishable adjective - Liable to or deserving punishment.
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Synonyms for Punishable
Answerable and punishable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Answerable" instead an adjective "Punishable".
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Related pairs
- subject and answerable
- subject and punishable
- bound and answerable
- bound and punishable
- liable and answerable
- liable and punishable
- responsible and answerable
- responsible and punishable
- amenable and answerable
- amenable and punishable
- criminal and answerable
- criminal and punishable
- reprehensible and answerable
- reprehensible and punishable
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