Meaning & use
warranted
Justified or appropriate given the circumstances; deserved.
See it in a sentence
The teacher felt the student's suspension was warranted after repeated warnings.
Given the safety risk, extra caution was clearly warranted on the icy road.
A note on using this word
Warranted is often used in formal or written contexts to defend a decision as reasonable, as in 'the response was warranted.'
Words with a similar meaning
justifiedreasonable
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
unwarrantedunjustified
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