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Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Justifiableness.

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  • noun The property of being justifiable.

Etymologies

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First attested in 1795; formed as justifiable +‎ -ity; compare -ability.

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Examples

  • It’s not too much to say that averting war regardless of its desirability or justifiability is near the top of every State Department functionary’s list of priorities.

    Robert Conquest’s Three Laws of Politics « Isegoria 2008

  • The key assertion of this approach is that an intervener's effectiveness is a primary, and sometimes sufficient, determinant of its justifiability.

    David Isenberg: PSC and R2P in Libya David Isenberg 2011

  • It is only in certain circumstances, however, that a PMSC's effectiveness can be sufficient for its justifiability.

    David Isenberg: PSC and R2P in Libya David Isenberg 2011

  • First, I will stipulate that the issue I am considering is not an abstraction called torture, but instead the moral justifiability of known and documented Bush-Cheney interrogation practices that were called by that Administration "enhanced interrogation techniques" EIT.

    Dr. David P. Gushee: Loyalty and Passion in the American Christian Torture Debate Dr. David P. Gushee 2010

  • First, I will stipulate that the issue I am considering is not an abstraction called torture, but instead the moral justifiability of known and documented Bush-Cheney interrogation practices that were called by that Administration "enhanced interrogation techniques" EIT.

    Dr. David P. Gushee: Loyalty and Passion in the American Christian Torture Debate Dr. David P. Gushee 2010

  • First, I will stipulate that the issue I am considering is not an abstraction called torture, but instead the moral justifiability of known and documented Bush-Cheney interrogation practices that were called by that Administration "enhanced interrogation techniques" EIT.

    Dr. David P. Gushee: Loyalty and Passion in the American Christian Torture Debate Dr. David P. Gushee 2010

  • First, I will stipulate that the issue I am considering is not an abstraction called torture, but instead the moral justifiability of known and documented Bush-Cheney interrogation practices that were called by that Administration "enhanced interrogation techniques" EIT.

    Dr. David P. Gushee: Loyalty and Passion in the American Christian Torture Debate Dr. David P. Gushee 2010

  • First, I will stipulate that the issue I am considering is not an abstraction called torture, but instead the moral justifiability of known and documented Bush-Cheney interrogation practices that were called by that Administration "enhanced interrogation techniques" EIT.

    Dr. David P. Gushee: Loyalty and Passion in the American Christian Torture Debate Dr. David P. Gushee 2010

  • So when people insist that I should put myself in the position of a resident in Sderot .... as though that will, by itself, prove the justifiability of the Israeli attack, the idea literally never occurs to them that they should imagine what it is like to live under foreign occupation for 40 years, and to see Israel continue to occupy and expand its settlements on Palestinian land. phil

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • When the act of murder is carried out under a political aegis, it must be held to the most rigid standard of justifiability in order to prevent damage to the social fabric of the nation.

    A National Insanity 2009

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