Justifiable
adjective
Having a good reason for something.
Your anger is totally justifiable.
Often appears as...
- justifiable cause
- justifiable reason
adjective
Legally allowed or accepted.
The judge ruled that the defendant's actions were justifiable self-defense.
Often appears as...
- justifiable homicide
- justifiable conduct
adjective
Having a good reason for something.
Your anger is totally justifiable.
Often appears as...
- justifiable cause
- justifiable reason
adjective
Legally allowed or accepted.
The judge ruled that the defendant's actions were justifiable self-defense.
Often appears as...
- justifiable homicide
- justifiable conduct
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Pro Tip 1/3Subjectivity Varies
The justification for an action can be personal and vary from person to person.
He found his spending spree justifiable after his hard work.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
What is justifiable in one culture may not be seen the same way in another.
In some cultures, missing a family event is justifiable only in emergencies.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Context
Often used to express support for emotions or reactions considering the circumstances.
Feeling disappointed was justifiable after they canceled the event.
Pro Tip 1/3Subjectivity Varies
The justification for an action can be personal and vary from person to person.
He found his spending spree justifiable after his hard work.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
What is justifiable in one culture may not be seen the same way in another.
In some cultures, missing a family event is justifiable only in emergencies.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Context
Often used to express support for emotions or reactions considering the circumstances.
Feeling disappointed was justifiable after they canceled the event.
Pro Tip 1/3Subjectivity Varies
The justification for an action can be personal and vary from person to person.
He found his spending spree justifiable after his hard work.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
What is justifiable in one culture may not be seen the same way in another.
In some cultures, missing a family event is justifiable only in emergencies.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Context
Often used to express support for emotions or reactions considering the circumstances.
Feeling disappointed was justifiable after they canceled the event.
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Lynsey Addario: Lens on...
simply for asking for a divorce, for doing things that in the west, we would see as not justifiable to end up in prison. This is Mida Hall. She was married at a very young age to a man who was decades older than her. He was handicapped, so every day her duties
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I grew up in the...
They channeled their infinitely justifiable offense and came to me with pointed questions tempered with kindness and humor. They approached me as a human being, and that was more transformative than two full decades of outrage, disdain and violence.
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Lynsey Addario: Lens on...
simply for asking for a divorce, for doing things that in the west, we would see as not justifiable to end up in prison. This is Mida Hall. She was married at a very young age to a man who was decades older than her. He was handicapped, so every day her duties
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I grew up in the...
They channeled their infinitely justifiable offense and came to me with pointed questions tempered with kindness and humor. They approached me as a human being, and that was more transformative than two full decades of outrage, disdain and violence.
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Megan Phelps-Roper
American Activist
My friends on Twitter didn't abandon their beliefs or their principles - only their scorn. They channeled their infinitely justifiable offense and came to me with pointed questions tempered with kindness and humor. They approached me as a human being, and that was more transformative than two full decades of outrage, disdain, and violence.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.
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Joe Biden
American President
I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world.
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Peter Singer
Australian Philosopher
An animal experiment cannot be justifiable unless the experiment is so important that the use of a brain-damaged human would be justifiable.
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Jason Chaffetz
American Politician
I would support eliminating certain tax breaks that are not economically justifiable if they are offset with reductions in tax rates.
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Harry Stack Sullivan
American Psychologist
There is no fun in psychiatry. If you try to get fun out of it, you pay a considerable price for your unjustifiable optimism.
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Daniel Webster
American Statesman
Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable.
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Vijay Mallya
Indian Businessman
Banks are there to support businesses that have justifiable needs.
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Sallust
Roman Historian
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
Violence is both unavoidable and unjustifiable.
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Megan Phelps-Roper
American Activist
My friends on Twitter didn't abandon their beliefs or their principles - only their scorn. They channeled their infinitely justifiable offense and came to me with pointed questions tempered with kindness and humor. They approached me as a human being, and that was more transformative than two full decades of outrage, disdain, and violence.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.
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Joe Biden
American President
I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world.
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Peter Singer
Australian Philosopher
An animal experiment cannot be justifiable unless the experiment is so important that the use of a brain-damaged human would be justifiable.
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Jason Chaffetz
American Politician
I would support eliminating certain tax breaks that are not economically justifiable if they are offset with reductions in tax rates.
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Harry Stack Sullivan
American Psychologist
There is no fun in psychiatry. If you try to get fun out of it, you pay a considerable price for your unjustifiable optimism.
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Daniel Webster
American Statesman
Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable.
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Vijay Mallya
Indian Businessman
Banks are there to support businesses that have justifiable needs.
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Sallust
Roman Historian
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
Violence is both unavoidable and unjustifiable.
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