Justifiable

Definition of Justifiable

able to be shown to be right or reasonable; defensible

How should Justifiable divide into syllables

The word has 5 syllables. The vowels are u, i, i, a, and e. The consonants are j, s, t, f, b, and l.

Part of Speech - Justifiable

The judge ruled that the defendant's actions were justifiable.

Sentences with Justifiable

• The teacher said my answer was justifiable because I showed my work.
• The police officer had a justifiable reason for pulling over the car.
• The company's decision to lay off workers was not seen as justifiable by the employees.
• The judge had to determine if the use of force by the defendant was justifiable in self-defense.
• The doctor said the surgery was justifiable to save the patient's life.
• The restaurant had a justifiable reason for refusing service to the customer who was being disruptive.
• The government's decision to raise taxes was not seen as justifiable by some citizens.
• The athlete's use of performance-enhancing drugs was not justifiable.
• The lawyer argued that his client's actions were justifiable given the circumstances.
• The company's profits were not justifiable considering the amount of work put in by the employees.

Quotes with Justifiable

• Justice is moral truth in action, as Plato once declared, but it has no existence apart from the justifiable actions of human beings.
• Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? - Henry David Thoreau
• The art of government is not to let me grow stale. - Napoleon Bonaparte
• The only way to deal with fear is to face it head on.
• The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within. - Mahatma Gandhi
• Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body.
• The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke
• Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
• Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. - Martin Luther King Jr.
• Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
• The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear. - Aung San Suu Kyi
• Action expresses priorities. - Mahatma Gandhi
• The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking
• Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. - Martin Luther King Jr.
• Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. - Barack Obama
• Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. - Albert Einstein
• The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Hope is a waking dream. - Aristotle
• An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. - Benjamin Franklin
• Be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi

Number of characters in Justifiable

11 ( j, u, s, t, i, f, i, a, b, l, e )

Unique letters in Justifiable

10 ( j, u, s, t, i, f, a, b, l, e )

Justifiable Backwards

elbaifitsuj

Phonetic Transcription of Justifiable

IPA (International): ˈdʒʌstʌˌfaɪʌbʌl

ARA (American): ˈdʒʌstʌˌfaɪʌbʌl

EPA (English): ˈdʒʌstʌˌfaɪʌbʌl

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