Justified - definition, pronunciation, transcription
- this word is a past participle form of the verb to justify
adjective
Extra examples
In the Chief Constable's view the use of force was fully justified.
Under the circumstances, the principal was justified in expelling this student.
The decision may be legally justified, but I question its morality.
...clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified...
...I proceeded to enumerate the reasons why I would be justified in filing a lawsuit for negligence....
It seems that her forebodings were justified.
...the belief that redressing a murder with another murder, even if carried out by the state, is not morally justified...
...that denomination reprehends murder in any form, contending that the taking of life is never justified...
...the judge ruled that the town's rescission of the contract was justified due the contractor's repeated failures to meet its obligations...
...that's a particularly rosy view of the economic situation, and one that may not be justified...
He justified his actions with specious reasoning.
The use of compulsion in psychiatric care cannot be justified.
Was the employment of force justified?
Force is only justified in extreme circumstances.
This offence is so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified.
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