Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for JUST'IF-I-A-BLE
JUS-TI'CIA-RY, or JUS-TI'CIARJUST'IF-I-A-BLE-NESS
JUST'IF-I-A-BLE, a. [from justify.]
That may be proved to be just; that may be vindicated on principles of law, reason, rectitude or propriety; defensible; vindicable. No breach of law or moral obligation is justifiable. The execution of a malefactor in pursuance of a sentence of court, is justifiable homicide.
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