justifiable
adjective/ˌdʒʌstɪˈfaɪəbl/, /ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪəbl/
/ˌdʒʌstɪˈfaɪəbl/, /ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪəbl/
- existing or done for a good reason, and therefore acceptable synonym legitimate
- She took a justifiable pride in her son's achievements.
Extra Examples- The rule is justifiable on safety grounds.
- We consider this action justifiable.
- Paying low wages is no longer justifiable.
- There were no justifiable grounds for sending him to prison.
- We need to address the justifiable concerns of the environmentalists.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- completely
- entirely
- perfectly
- …
- on the grounds of something
- on the grounds that…
- on… grounds
- …
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘ready to be judged’): from French, from justifier ‘to justify’.
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