[{"word":"warranted","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To protect, keep safe (from danger).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To give (someone) an assurance or guarantee (of something); also, with a double object: to guarantee (someone something).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value, etc.).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To guarantee as being true; (colloquially) to believe strongly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"That tree is going to fall, I’ll warrant."},{"definition":"To authorize; to give (someone) sanction or warrant (to do something).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I am warranted to search these premises fully."},{"definition":"To justify; to give grounds for.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Circumstances arose that warranted the use of lethal force."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Authorized with a warrant.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Deserved, necessary, appropriate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Under the circumstances, his outburst was not warranted."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":["unwarranted"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/warrant","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/warranted"]}]