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had justifiable reasons for leaving early
Recent Examples of justifiable from the Web
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Basically, these are the costs that are commonly incurred by businesses similar to yours and readily justifiable as needed to run your operations.
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So when the 2018 schedule was released two months ago and Cincinnati's first opponent was revealed, there could be justifiable concern about taking three points from the year's first match.
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Gasser's attorneys, Matthew Goetz and Gerard Archer, argued the shooting was a justifiable homicide under the state's Castle Doctrine because their client was inside his own vehicle, his property, when McKnight lunged into the car to attack.
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The most justifiable skepticism is that blockchain is incremental rather than revolutionary.
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The Washington Post reports that for every justifiable homicide using a gun, there are 34 criminal homicides, 78 gun suicides and two accidental deaths.
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But that didn't mean the Norse left Youngstown without bruises and justifiable concern.
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And there is no economic or national-security argument for why amnesty for Dreamers is only justifiable when paired with restrictions to legal immigration.
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Back to the case against Crane: The coroner ruled justifiable homicide, but his family sued Turner for $750,000 and settled for $20,000.
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First Known Use of justifiable
1561
justifiable Synonyms
Synonyms
defendable, defensible, maintainable, supportable, sustainable, tenable;
Antonyms
indefensible, insupportable, unjustifiable, unsustainable, untenable;
Near Antonyms
absurd, illogical, irrational, ridiculous, unsound;
extreme, outrageous, unreasonable;
Related Words
rational, reasonable, sensible, well-grounded;
acceptable, admissible, allowable, legitimate, passable, unobjectionable, viable, warrantable;
Law Dictionary
legal Definition of justifiable
: capable of being justified
- justifiable reliance
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