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Definitions for justifiable
ˈdʒʌs təˌfaɪ ə bəl, ˌdʒʌs təˈfaɪ-jus·ti·fi·able

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. justifiableadjective

    capable of being justified

Wiktionary

  1. justifiableadjective

    That can be justified.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Justifiableadjective

    capable of being justified, or shown to be just

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of justifiable in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of justifiable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of justifiable in a Sentence

  1. Bill McCaffrey:

    The city feels this is a reasonable and legally justifiable amount to collect to help offset the costs of the investigation.

  2. Tom Witt:

    It's an outrage — an absolute outrage, i can conceive of no justifiable reason for doing this.

  3. Grady Judd:

    This is a justifiable homicide all day long. You have the right protect yourself.

  4. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

    Communism, avowedly secularistic and materialistic, has no place for God. This I could never accept,... I strongly disagreed with Communism’s ethical relativism… there are no fixed, immutable principles; consequently, almost anything—force, violence, murder, lying—is a justifiable means to the ‘millennial’ end.

  5. Kristen Moore:

    Covid just gave us this kind of natural experiment to demonstrate that no, in fact, there is no medically justifiable reason to require patients to come into a clinic and pick up a pill that they are going to turn around and take at home.

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Translations for justifiable

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  • ospravedlnitelnýCzech
  • perusteltu, oikeutettu, aiheellinenFinnish
  • giustificabileItalian
  • สมเหตุสมผลThai

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