Accountable: “subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable.” Responsible: “answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management.”

Is the state of being answerable or accountable?

noun, plural re·spon·si·bil·i·ties. the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.

What do you mean by answerable?

adjective. liable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions. capable of being answered: a question answerable by mail. proportionate; correlative (usually followed by to).