justifiable

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
justifiable
    adj 1: capable of being justified
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Justifiable \Jus"ti*fi`a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. justifiable. See
   {Justify}.]
   Capable of being justified, or shown to be just.
   [1913 Webster]

         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.
        [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "justifiable":
      admissible, allowable, balanced, cogent, condonable, credible,
      defensible, deserved, dispensable, due, equitable, even,
      evenhanded, excusable, exemptible, expiable, fair, fair and square,
      fit, forgivable, good, inoffensive, just, justified, lawful, legal,
      legitimate, legitimized, level, licit, logical, meet,
      meet and right, merited, pardonable, permissible, plausible,
      proper, rational, reasonable, remissible, right, right and proper,
      rightful, sanctionable, sane, sensible, sound, square, tenable,
      unobjectionable, venial, vindicable, warrantable, warranted,
      well-argued, well-founded, well-grounded, wholesome
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