justifiable
The English word “justifiable” has 2 meanings listed here.
adjective
- That can be justified.
- Describing an illegal and intentional act that is nevertheless not blameworthy, for example because its positive consequences outweighed the bad. Distinguished from excusable, describing an involuntary illegal act.
Etymology
From Middle French justifiable. By surface analysis, justify + -able.
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