justifiableadjective
uk/ˈdʒʌs.tɪ.faɪ.ə.bəl//ˌdʒʌs.tɪˈfaɪ.ə.bəl/us/ˈdʒʌs.tə.faɪ.ə.bəl/C2 If something is justifiable, there is a good reason for it:
Her actions were quite justifiable in the circumstances.
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Virtue and moral good
- altruism
- angel
- angelic
- be as pure as the driven snow idiom
- be on the side of the angels idiom
- clean
- goodness
- lily-white
- nobility
- noble
- principled
- pure
- purity
- spinach
- straight
- the road to hell is paved with good intentions idiom
- the straight and narrow idiom
- unselfish
- upliftment
- virtue
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justifiably
adverb uk/ˈdʒʌs.tɪ.faɪ.ə.bli//ˌdʒʌs.tɪˈfaɪ.ə.bli/us/ˈdʒʌs.tə.faɪ.ə.bli/
He was justifiably proud of his achievements.