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justifiable

justifiable adjective: that can be justified.

Adjective

justifiable (comparative more justifiable, superlative most justifiable)

  1. That can be justified.
    • Near-synonyms: defensible, excusable
    • It was at all times clear that, from the point of view of the idea it conveys to us, every motion must be considered only as a relative motion. Returning to the illustration we have frequently used of the embankment and the railway carriage, we can express the fact of the motion here taking place...1917, Albert Einstein, Relativity: The Special and General Theory, Part II.
    Antonyms:
    unjustifiable
  2. (specifically) 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.
    • justifiable homicide

justifiable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

justifiable in Hindi

न्यायोचित

justifiable in Tamil

எண்பிக்கத்தக்க, மெய்ப்பிக்கத்தக்க, காரணங்காட்டி நிரூபித்தல்

justifiable in Urdu

قابل جواز, قابل مدافعت

justifiable in Bengali

যৌক্তিক, সঠিক বলে সমর্থনযোগ্য
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justifiable in Telugu
సమర్థించదగినది
justifiable in Malayalam
ന്യായീകരിക്കാവുന്ന, ന്യായമെന്ന് സ്ഥാപിക്കാവുന്ന
justifiable in Kannada
ಸಮರ್ಥನೀಯ, ನ್ಯಾಯಸಮ್ಮತ, ನ್ಯಾಯಸಂಗತ
justifiable in Punjabi
ਰਵਾ ravā

Examples of justifiable in a sentence

  • This reasoning is far more justifiable than the last, but it is still incomplete.
  • The verdict seemed to be that Blackwood had displayed justifiable chutzpah.
  • Tricksterism was thus a justifiable response to the dehumanizing experience people encountered as slaves.

All 15 example sentences with justifiable

Synonyms of justifiable

Antonyms

Forms of justifiable

comparativemore justifiable
superlativemost justifiable

Origin of justifiable

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

Words formed from justifiable

Phrases with justifiable

Questions about justifiable

What does justifiable mean?
Justifiable means that can be justified.
What is justifiable in Hindi?
Justifiable in Hindi is न्यायोचित. See Justifiable meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is justifiable?
Justifiable is an adjective.

Words near justifiable in the dictionary

  1. justicies
  2. justicoat
  3. justicoats
  4. justifiabilities
  5. justifiability
  6. justifiable
  7. justifiable homicide
  8. justifiable homicides
  9. justifiableness
  10. justifiably
  11. justificanda

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: justifiable (page history and authors); justifiable (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); justifiable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); justifiable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Justifiable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); justifiable (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); justifiable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); justifiable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਰਵਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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