justifiably

justifiable | American Dictionary

justifiable
adjective
us/ˈdʒʌs·təˌfɑɪ·ə·bəl, ˌdʒʌs·təˈfɑɪ-/
able to be explained or shown to be reasonable; understandable:
The jury decided that the shooting was justifiable because Rogers thought his own life was in danger.

justifiably

adverbus/ˈdʒʌs·təˌfɑɪ·ə·bli, ˌdʒʌs·təˈfɑɪ-/
His parents were justifiably proud of his achievements.

Examples of justifiable

justifiable
Clearly the communists were interested in bringing the unions within their sphere of influence and this would seem both a logical and justifiable position.
Curtis's assignment of the works to an appendix seems perfectly justifiable.
Neither assumption is justifiable in the setting of a debate on the plurality of values.
They were convinced that demonstrating anger was entirely justifiable according to the social context.
Merely republishing articles already available in widely circulated journals hardly seems justifiable.
It is then justifiable to describe a functionally single ventricle in the situation where, anatomically, there is one big and one small ventricle.
Any exercise of coercive power, domestic or international by the state must be justifiable in the same political terms.
Therefore, services must be administered in a manner justifiable to all.
The third part of this article addresses whether explicit, pure preventive detention would be a justifiable extension of the preemption now deemed acceptable.
He concludes that while physician strikes may be explainable for various reasons, they are not ethically justifiable.
He held that the abridgment of rights for the "common good" is never justifiable.
This assessment is more justifiable, but also should be qualified.
How would one decide whether euthanasia is justifiable?
The aggregating and trading-off of group interests gives way to debate on the basis of publically justifiable reasons.
Justifiable defensive force must be necessar y and proportionate.
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