Able and Valid

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Able adjective - Having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance.

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Valid and able are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Valid" instead an adjective "Able".

Nearby Word: ability

Valid adjective - According to the rules of logic.

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Able and valid are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Able" instead an adjective "Valid".

Nearby Words: validity, validation

The poor guy even had the valid excuse of being knocked out without being able to react.

Source: Series / Human Target
And her species wasn't portrayed as evil, just very alien (although she was able to accept cremation as an equally valid death rite).

Source: Eats Babies
Bob may have a valid More Expendable Than You argument: he could be dying already or too injured to move, so he has to stay — Charlie will only be able to keep Bob from Dying Alone.

Source: More Hero Than Thou

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