warranted
adj. C1 Advanced US //ˈwɔɹəntɪd// UK //wˈɒɹəntɪd// war·rant·ed
adj. necessary or right for a specific situation. You use this when an action is fair or justified because of what happened before.
adj. justified or necessitated by specific circumstances. Often used predicatively after a linking verb to evaluate the appropriateness of a reaction or decision.
The police felt that a search was warranted.
Given the severity of the weather warnings, the decision to cancel the outdoor festival was entirely warranted.
While the initial criticism was harsh, many industry experts argued it was warranted by the company's repeated failure to address known safety flaws in their software.
Usage
Commonly follows linking verbs like 'be', 'seem', or 'feel'; frequently modified by adverbs of degree like 'fully' or 'entirely'.