Justifiableness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Justifiable \Jus"ti*fi`a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. justifiable. See
     {Justify}.]
     Capable of being justified, or shown to be just.
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           Just are the ways of God,


           And justifiable to men.                  --Milton.
  
     Syn: Defensible; vindicable; warrantable; excusable;
          exculpable; authorizable. -- {Jus"ti*fi`a*ble*ness}, n.
          -- {Jus"ti*fi`a*bly}, adv.
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