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justifiable

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective justifiable has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

justifiablea. [Cf. F. justifiable. See Justify.].
     Capable of being justified, or shown to be just.  [1913 Webster]
    "Just are the ways of God,
    And justifiable to men.
    "
Syn. -- Defensible; vindicable; warrantable; excusable; exculpable; authorizable.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

justifiable, adj. that can be justified or defended.

Idiom
justifiable homicide killing regarded as lawful and without criminal guilt, esp. the execution of a death sentence.
Derivative
justifiability n. justifiableness n. justifiably adv.
Etymology
F f. justifier: see JUSTIFY

THESAURUS

justifiable

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

ROGET THESAURUS

justifiable

Right

N right, what ought to be, what should be, fitness, summum jus, justice, equity, equitableness, propriety, fair play, impartiality, measure for measure, give and take, lex talionis, Astraea, Nemesis, Themis, scales of justice, evenhanded justice, karma, suum cuique, clear stage, fair field and no favor, level playing field, morals, law, honor, virtue, right, good, just, reasonable, fit, equal, equable, equatable, evenhanded, fair, legitimate, justifiable, rightful, as it should be, as it ought to be, lawful deserved, rightly, +a bon droit, au bon droit, in justice, in equity, in reason, without distinction of persons, without regard to persons, without respect to persons, upon even terms, Int, all right!, fair's fair, Dieu et mon droit, in equal scale weighing delight and dole, justitia cuum cuique distribuit, justitiae soror incorrupta fides, justitia virtutem regina, thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just.

Vindication

N vindication, justification, warrant, exoneration, exculpation, acquittal, whitewashing, extenuation, palliation, palliative, softening, mitigation, reply, defense, recrimination, apology, gloss, varnish, plea, salvo, excuse, extenuating circumstances, allowance, allowance to be made, locus paenitentiae, apologist, vindicator, justifier, defendant, justifiable charge, true bill, v, justify, warrant, be an excuse for, lend a color, furnish a handle, vindicate, exculpate, disculpate, acquit, clear, set right, exonerate, whitewash, clear the skirts of, extenuate, palliate, excuse, soften, apologize, varnish, slur, gloze, put a gloss, put a good face upon, mince, gloss over, bolster up, help a lame dog over a stile, advocate, defend, plead one's cause, stand up for, stick up for, speak up for, contend for, speak for, bear out, keep in countenance, support, plead, say in defense, plead ignorance, confess and avoid, propugn, put in a good word for, take the will for the deed, make allowance for, give credit for, do justice to, give one his due, give the Devil his due, make good, prove the truth of, prove one's case, be justified by the event, vindicated, vindicating, exculpatory, apologetic, excusable, defensible, pardonable, venial, veniable, specious, plausible, justifiable, honi sot qui mal y pense, good wine needs no bush.

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