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Meaning of two wrongs make a right | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

A logical informal fallacy whereby a wrongful action is justified by the commission of another.

Examples

““I believe that Texas assaulted democracy and that California is allowed to hit back.” “So sometimes,” [Darshan] Smaaladen concluded, “two wrongs do make a right.””

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

two-forty on a plank road two, six, heave two's company and three is none two's company, three's a crowd two's company, three's trumpery TWSS