casuistry

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But in French casuistry it is not held necessary to plead any_thing; war justifies itself.

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  1. noun Specious or excessively subtle reasoning intended to rationalize or mislead.
  2. noun The determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by analyzing cases that illustrate general ethical rules.

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  • Newman's casuistry was a fair subject for criticism; his personal integrity should have been above suspicion, and Kingsley's insinuations against it only recoiled upon himself. —  The Life of Froude
  • In restating the incident of the glove Browning brings into play his casuistry, but casuistry is here used to justify a passion which the poet approves, to elucidate, not to obscure, what he represents as the truth of the situation. —  Robert Browning
  • But in French casuistry it is not held necessary to plead any_thing; war justifies itself. —  Memorials and Other Papers — Complete
  • But in French casuistry it is not held necessary to plead _any_thing; war justifies itself. —  Memorials and Other Papers — Volume 1
  • "Our greater Associative has laws that govern how much information, how much of our learning we can share with prim; with new friends. —  Sentenced To Prism
 

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/ˈkæʒjuɪstri/
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