answerability
answerability — noun
1. the condition of being required to explain or justify your actions or decisions
the condition of being required to explain or justify your actions or decisions to a person or group that has authority over you
Adaeze accepted full answerability for the project's late delivery to the board.
accept answerability for [action/duty]
The new policy strengthens the answerability of senior managers to the public.
answerability of [person] to [authority]
Dimitri's sense of answerability to his team pushed him to work through the night.
Without clear lines of answerability, the department's mistakes were repeated every quarter.
The court examined whether the minister bore any answerability for the leaked documents.
- accountability
broader — includes both explaining and facing consequences; answerability focuses narrowly on the duty to explain
- responsibility
more general — covers any duty or obligation, not specifically the duty to give an account
- liability
legal term — emphasises being subject to penalty or law, not the act of explaining
文法句型
answerability to + [authority]
answerability for + [action/duty]
用法筆記
Common in legal, governmental, and corporate contexts. Distinguish from 'accountability' — 'answerability' stresses the duty to explain face-to-face to a specific authority, while 'accountability' can include broader consequences.