justifiable

adj.
Having sufficient grounds for justification; possible to justify: justifiable resentment.

justifiability jus'ti·fi'a·bil'i·ty n.
justifiably jus'ti·fi'a·bly adv.

1. Facts that will excuse the doing of something or another party's acts. If the seller of a car fails to make delivery of it, the buyer's failure to pay will be justifiable.

2. Some act that is otherwise criminal. For example, the courts would probably regard it justifiable should a shopkeeper kill an attacker armed with a deadly weapon, and the shopkeeper may be excused from criminal responsibility.

adjective

Capable of being justified: defensible, excusable, tenable. See forgiveness/vindictiveness, right/wrong.

adj

Definition: reasonable, well-founded
Antonyms: indefensible, unjustifiable, unreasonable, unwarranted

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forsvarlig

idioms:

• justifiable homicide    yderste nødret

Nederlands (Dutch)
te rechtvaardigen, verdedigbaar

Français (French)
adj. - justifiable, légitime

idioms:

• justifiable homicide    (Jur) homicide justifiable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - berechtigt, gerechtfertigt

idioms:

• justifiable homicide    gerechtfertigter Mord (bes. die Ausführung eines Todesurteils)

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εύλογος, αιτιολογημένος, δικαιολογημένος

idioms:

• justifiable homicide    ανθρωποκτονία σε νόμιμη άμυνα

Italiano (Italian)
giustificabile

idioms:

• justifiable homicide    omicidio per legittima difesa

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - justificável

idioms:

• justifiable homicide    homicídio (m) em legítima defesa (Jur.)

Русский (Russian)
могущий быть оправданным, законный

idioms:

• justifiable homicide    убийство при смягчающих вину обстоятельствах, убийство в целях самозащиты

Español (Spanish)
adj. - justificable

idioms:

• justifiable homicide    homicidio justificable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - försvarlig, riktig, rättfärdig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
可辩解的, 有理的, 可证明的

idioms:

• justifiable homicide    合法杀人, 正当杀人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可辯解的, 有理的, 可證明的

idioms:

• justifiable homicide    合法殺人, 正當殺人

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 정당화 될 수 있는, 변호할 수 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 正当と認められる, もっともな

idioms:

• justifiable homicide    正当殺人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ممكن تبريره, معذور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מוצדק‬

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