Justified and Sensible

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Justified adjective - Based on sound reasoning or information.

Usage example: in a well-justified ruling the court voted unanimously to overturn the law

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Sensible and justified are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sensible" instead an adjective "Justified".

Sensible adjective - Based on sound reasoning or information.

Usage example: a sensible decision to delay marriage until they knew one another better

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Justified and sensible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Justified" instead an adjective "Sensible".

Justified since he continually flirts with her, but against Anne's sensible reasoning, she derives some pleasure from slapping him.

Source: Film / Blonde Crazy
One might think it justified due to Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie, but they also learned in "Swarm of the Century" that even when Pinkie Pie appears to make no sense, there is a sensible reason that isn't necessarily obvious at a glance.

Source: Recap / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S2 E24 "MMMystery on the Friendship Express"
Justified in that the Mega-City societies are already an unsafe place without judges to begin with anyways, and will quickly turn into an anarchic city-state if there weren't any Judges or other sensible [order-minded] forms of authority around.

Source: Hobbes Was Right

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