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remissible

[ri-mis-uh-buhl] / rɪˈmɪs ə bəl /
ADJECTIVE
justifiable
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acceptable admissible allowable defensible lawful legitimate logical probable proper reasonable understandable valid
WEAK
condonable excusable fair fit forgivable legit licit pardonable right rightful sound suitable tenable vindicable warrantable
Antonyms
STRONGEST
illegal illegitimate improbable invalid prohibited unacceptable unlawful unlikely unreasonable unsuitable wrong
WEAK
unjustifiable unwarranted

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"The affair," Hervey adds, "grew as serious as that of the Greens and the Blues under Justinian at Constantinople; an anti-Handelist was looked upon as an anti-courtier, and voting against the Court in Parliament was hardly a less remissible or more venial sin than speaking against Handel or going to the Lincoln's Inn Fields Opera."

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