justifiable.

Supported by reasons strong enough to make it reasonable or acceptable.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• justifiable concern
• justifiable decision

On the page

Given the missing safety data, the delay was justifiable.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Comparative more justifiable; superlative most justifiable when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evaluation. Commonness: moderately common.