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ˈanswerableness
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being answerable.
1. Correspondency, conformity, adaptation. arch.
1583Golding Calvin on Deut. xvi. 95 So as there may be a mutual answerablenesse on both sides. 1659Hammond On Ps. cl. 3 The answerableness of the notes in Musick to those observed by nature. 1752Law Spir. Love i. (1816) 45 There are but three forms of nature, in answerableness to the threefold working of the triune Deity.
2. Liability to be called to account; responsibility.
1850Lynch Theoph. Trin. i. 15 To feel..our dependence upon God, and our distinct personality and answerableness. |