justified



balanced, born again, circumcised, converted, defensible, deserved, due, earned, entitled, equitable, even, even-handed, fair, fair and square, fit,

   silent - aphonic, brief, brusque, calm, checked, close, close-lipped, close-mouthed, close-tongued, concise, curbed, curt, dumb, economical of words, hush as death,

   blue-pencilling - abbreviation, abridgement, cancellation, censorship, deletion, erasure, omission, striking ,

   protective tariff - arrest, check, constraint, control, curb, curtailment, customs, deceleration, duty, excise, hindrance, income tax, inhibition, injunction, interdict,

   unmodified - flat, invariable, same, straight, unmitigated ,

   consultative - advisory, didactic, directive, hortatory, instructive, monitory, moralistic, preachy, remonstrative, sententious, warning ,

   equity security - blue chip, equity, split, steel, stock, stocks ,

   pinch-hit - act for, cut out, displace, double, fill in, ghost, ghost-write, relieve, replace, represent, spell, stand in for, sub, substitute for, succeed,

   comers and goers - adventurer, astronaut, camper, climber, commuter, cruiser, explorer, fare, goer, jet set, journeyer, mariner, mountaineer, passenger, passer-by,

   life net - Mae West, buoy, ejection seat, escape hatch, fire escape, life jacket, life preserver, lifeboat, lifeline, parachute, safety belt, slide, water wings ,

   malingering - cagey, dodging, ducking, elusive, evasive, goofing off, shifty, shirking, skulking, slacking, slippery, soldiering, tax dodging, tax evasion, truancy,