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justifiable
adjective as in reasonable, well-founded
Example Sentences
Isak's lack of impact prompted justifiable claims that even the much-maligned and now departed Darwin Nunez would have at least run around a bit in a bid to make things happen.
Connor Grubb was found not guilty of murder and other charges, with a jury finding his actions that led to the death of Young were justifiable.
It was the iced-over, heartless feeling that enables some people to do terrible things for what they believe are perfectly justifiable reasons.
Florida’s landmark stand-your-ground law, intended to afford citizens greater self-defense protections, appears to give incentive for police and prosecutors to classify tough cases as justifiable homicides, according to some criminal-justice researchers.
The Wall Street Journal analyzed the number of justifiable homicides reported by police agencies that consistently filed monthly crime data to the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System from 2019 to 2024.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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