Meaning of JUSTIFIABLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'justu`fIubul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] capable of being justified |
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| | Synonyms: | | excusable |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Jus"ti*fi`a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. justifiable. See
{Justify}.]
Capable of being justified, or shown to be just.
Just are the ways of God, An justifiable to men.
--Milton.
Syn: Defensible; vindicable; warrantable; excusable;
exculpable; authorizable. -- {Jus"ti*fi`a*ble*ness}, n.
-- {Jus"ti*fi`a*bly}, adv.
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| | Related Terms: | | admissible, allowable, balanced, cogent, condonable, credible, defensible, deserved, dispensable, due, equitable, even, evenhanded, excusable, exemptible, expiable, fair, fair and square, fit, forgivable, good, inoffensive, just, justified, lawful, legal, legitimate, legitimized, level, licit, logical, meet, meet and right, merited, pardonable, permissible, plausible, proper, rational, reasonable, remissible, right, right and proper, rightful, sanctionable, sane, sensible, sound, square, tenable, unobjectionable, venial, vindicable, warrantable, warranted, well-argued, well-founded, well-grounded, wholesome |
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