[f. prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being justifiable.
1640. Bp. Hall, Humble Remonstr., 30. Our position is onely affirmative; implying the justifiablenesse, and holynesse of an Episcopall calling.
1684. N. Resbury, Case Cross Baptism, 7. I will not stand accountable for the Justifiableness of these passages.
1885. L’pool Daily Post, 11 April, 4/7. In 1854 the nation was conscientiously divided in opinion as to the justifiableness of hostilities.
