Warrantable

2 definitions found

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

  Warrantable \War"rant*a*ble\, a.
     Authorized by commission, precept, or right; justifiable;
     defensible; as, the seizure of a thief is always warrantable
     by law and justice; falsehood is never warrantable.
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           His meals are coarse and short, his employment
           warrantable, his sleep certain and refreshing. --South.
     [1913 Webster] -- {War"rant*a*ble*ness}, n. --
     {War"rant*bly}, adv.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "warrantable":
     admissible, allowable, balanced, condonable, defensible, deserved,
     dispensable, due, equitable, even, evenhanded, excusable,
     exemptible, expiable, fair, fair and square, fit, forgivable, good,
     inoffensive, just, justifiable, justified, lawful, legal,
     legitimate, legitimized, level, licit, meet, meet and right,
     merited, pardonable, permissible, proper, reasonable, remissible,
     right, right and proper, rightful, sanctionable, square, tenable,
     unobjectionable, venial, vindicable, warranted