"justifiable" meaning in All languages combined

See justifiable on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more justifiable [comparative], most justifiable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French justifiable. By surface analysis, justify + -able. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|justifiable}} Middle French justifiable, {{surface analysis|en|justify|-able}} By surface analysis, justify + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} justifiable (comparative more justifiable, superlative most justifiable)
  1. That can be justified. Translations (that can be justified): xustificable (Asturian), оправдан (opravdan) (Bulgarian), законен (zakonen) (Bulgarian), justificable (Catalan), ospravedlnitelný [masculine] (Czech), forsvarlig (Danish), verdedigbaar (Dutch), perusteltu (Finnish), oikeutettu (Finnish), aiheellinen (Finnish), justifiable (French), défendable (French), xustificable (Galician), xustificábel (Galician), αιτιολογημένος (aitiologiménos) (Greek), δικαιολογημένος (dikaiologiménos) (Greek), giustificabile (Italian), forsvarlig (Norwegian Bokmål), uzasadniony (Polish), justificável (Portuguese), justificable (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-justifiable-en-adj-bKhdRusa Disambiguation of 'that can be justified': 99 1
  2. (law, specifically) 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. Tags: specifically Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-justifiable-en-adj-RC6o2Yg3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 25 75 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 13 87 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: justifiability, justifiable homicide, justifiableness, justifiably, unjustifiable

Adjective [French]

Forms: justifiables [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-adj}} justifiable (plural justifiables)
  1. justifiable Related terms: justifier, justification, justifiablement
    Sense id: en-justifiable-fr-adj-kyxa5lJx Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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