"justifiable" meaning in All languages combined

See justifiable on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: justifiable [positive], more justifiable [comparative], most justifiable [superlative]
Etymology: justify + -able Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|justify|able}} justify + -able Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Something that is justifiable can be given a reason.
    Sense id: simple-justifiable-en-adj-OrTCXr6w
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -able
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