justifiable cause
collocation in Englishmeaningsofjustifiableandcause
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justifiable
adjective
uk/ˈdʒʌs.tɪ.faɪ.ə.bəl/us/ˈdʒʌs.tə.faɪ.ə.bəl/
If something is justifiable, there is a good reason ...
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cause
noun
uk/kɔːz/us/kɑːz/
the reason why something, especially something ...
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(Definition ofjustifiableandcausefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I am a strong believer in the principle that one does not make any inroad into individual liberty unless one hasjustifiablecause.
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There can be little doubt that fraud is ajustifiablecausefor concern, and that it is growing.
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However, when houses are empty for an unnecessarily long time there isjustifiablecausefor concern.
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If the federation sees that that is happening, it will havejustifiablecausefor concern.
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I think they now have ajustifiablecausefor complaint against the people who, in their opinion, have let them down.
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Having said that, it is important to recognise that the area of health is one in which people sometimes havejustifiablecausefor complaint.
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Affinity of interest is ajustifiablecausefor an almagamation or a take-over bid.
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Many of them feel that they have ajustifiablecausefor concern about beam trawling.
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I think they have got nojustifiablecausefor complaint.
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Until full information is available it will not be possible to come to any view whether there would bejustifiablecausefor any change in the present arrangements.
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Their way of life is often abruptly, rudely and brutally interrupted, sometimes for what is an overall economic advantage and sometimes for a much less attractive orjustifiablecause.
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I submit that miners living under conditions of that kind, with debts hanging over their heads, are not likely to choose a strike again unless there is somejustifiablecause.
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Who can fail to pity both sides for their justifiable causes of complaint?
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I want to ask what are justifiable causes of absence from school.
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The freemasons have many justifiable causes for complaint.
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