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adjective 
  1. answerable, Answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.
Parent are for their child's behaviour.David Bynoe is responsible.''
  1. Capable of responding to any reasonable claim; able to answer reasonably for one's conduct and obligations; capable of rational conduct.
  2. Involving responsibility; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.
She has a position in the firm.
  1. Being a primary cause or agent of some event or action; capable of being credited for something, or of being held liable for something.
Who is for this mess?
  1. Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy.
He looks like a guide.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: betrouwbaar, degelijk
  • French: responsable
  • German: zuverlí¤ssig
    (trans-mid)
Etymology: From French, responsable, from responsus, from respondere

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