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responsible; worthy of credit. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

The act of becoming surety for another.

Of or pertaining to a pledge or agreement; responsible. [R.] He is righteous even in that representative and sponsional person he put on. Abp. Leighton.

One of the triangular platforms in front of, and abaft, the paddle boxes of a steamboat.

One who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default; a surety.

Pertaining to a sponsor.

State of being a sponsor.

Irresponsible. Fuller. -- Un`re*spon"si*ble*ness, n.

To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment. Halifa…

To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite. A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted. I. Taylor.

of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to be sung by the people, by way of a response.

, and the Iron age. During the Age of Stone man is supposed to have employed stone for weapons and implements. See Augustan, Brazen, Golden, Heroic, Middle.

The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. Mason. Alternation of generation. See under Generation.

Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law. Nor is man too diminutive . . . to be amenable to the divine government. I. Taylor.

To be or act in return or response to. Hence:

o be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages. Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God Swift.

The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent.

A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.

The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.

A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.