warrantable

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Scholars and survivors of the society are frequently determined, beyond what is warrantable by the facts, to see the spectre of Birchism in any full-throated contemporary manifestation of conservatism.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 11, 2016

The tremendous forest of Sherwood stretched round the tent-forest further than the eye could see—and this was full of wild boars, warrantable stags, outlaws, dragons, and Purple Emperors.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Joint procedure with such can be warrantable only when directed to an end good in itself, and when accompanied by an expressed or understood disapproval of the character and authority of the civil power.

From The Ordinance of Covenanting by Cunningham, John

Francis Place once explained to me that in the Benthamite view, it was not warrantable to incur martyrdom unless it was clear that the public would be gainers by the martyr's loss.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob

Belshazzar looked searchingly into the face of the high-priest, but he failed to find there more than a warrantable anxiety.

From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton