Definition of warrantable in English:
warrantable
adjective ˈwɒr(ə)ntəb(ə)lˈwɔrəntəbəl
(of an action or statement) able to be authorized or sanctioned; justifiable.
Example sentencesExamples
- Sometimes their criticism is warrantable, sometimes not.
Synonyms
justifiable, vindicable, excusable, explainable, explicable, reasonable, supportable
Derivatives
nounˈwɒr(ə)ntəblnəsˈwɔrən(t)əbəlnəs
The time cost by Mr. warrantableness, which, by duties upon excisable lawful betting shop shed roof.
adverb ˈwɒr(ə)ntəbliˈwɔrən(t)əbli
He had a Shepherd whose wisdom and power were infinite, and might therefore warrantably conclude he should not want, and need not fear.
Example sentencesExamples
- One camp insisted that Burke's writings were replete with outrage and warrantably so.
- We may warrantably suppose that after his release Paul sailed from Rome into Asia and took Crete by the way, and that there he left Titus ‘to set in order the things that were wanting.’
- Believers themselves may warrantably at times call their faith in question, but they may not warrantably suspend the exercise of their faith.
- What one can warrantably say about this text, therefore, is simply that its properties and organisation provide for an equivocal reading.
Definition of warrantable in US English:
warrantable
adjectiveˈwɔrəntəbəlˈwôrəntəbəl
(of an action or statement) able to be authorized or sanctioned; justifiable.
Example sentencesExamples
- Sometimes their criticism is warrantable, sometimes not.
Synonyms
justifiable, vindicable, excusable, explainable, explicable, reasonable, supportable