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Justifiable

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    That can be justified.

    "Near-synonyms: defensible, excusable"

  2. 2
    Describing an illegal and intentional act that is nevertheless not blameworthy, for example because its positive consequences outweighed the bad. Distinguished from excusable, describing an involuntary illegal act. specifically

    "justifiable homicide"

Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of being justified wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French justifiable. By surface analysis, justify + -able.

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