adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
justifiable homicide
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
reason
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These employees may only be handled differently when the employer has a justifiable reason .
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If a professor fails to meet his classes without a justifiable reason , his salary is accordingly reduced.
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There was no justifiable reason for differential treatment of the part-time employees concerning the increase in salary and reduction in work hours.
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All 67 have been blacklisted, and for entirely justifiable reasons .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Can violence ever be a justifiable method of protest?
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Is football a justifiable expense when the college cannot afford enough English classes to meet students' needs?
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Reed said the tax increases were not only justifiable , but unavoidable.