Equitable vs Justifiable - What's the difference?
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Marked by or having equity.
Fair, just, or impartial.
* 1748 , , Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 33.
(legal) Relating to the general principles of justice that correct or supplement the provisions of the law.
That can be justified.
* 1917 , Albert Einstein, Relativity: The Special and General Theory ,
Equitable is a related term of justifiable.
As adjectives the difference between equitable and justifiable
is that equitable is just, equitable, fair while justifiable is that can be justified.equitable
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* (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- I may justly require you to produce that argument; nor have you any pretence to refuse so equitable a demand.
justifiable
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Adjective
(en-adj)Part II.
- ''It was at all times clear that, from the point of view of the idea it conveys to us, every motion must be considered only as a relative motion. Returning to the illustration we have frequently used of the embankment and the railway carriage, we can express the fact of the motion here taking place in the following two forms, both of which are equally justifiable :
- ''(a) The carriage is in motion relative to the embankment,
- ''(b) The embankment is in motion relative to the carriage.
- In (a) the embankment, in (b) the carriage, serves as the body of reference in our statement of the motion taking place. —