justify (Meaning)
justify (v)
show to be right by providing justification or proof
(used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin
adjust the spaces between words
justify (a.)
To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.
To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear.
To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4.
justify (v. i.)
To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.
To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
justify (v. t.)
To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a change or accusation.
To qualify (one's self) as a surely by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
Synonyms & Antonyms of justify
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justify Sentence Examples
- The defendant's lawyer struggled to justify his client's violent behavior.
- It was difficult to justify such a reckless expenditure of funds.
- The politician's actions can hardly be justified on moral grounds.
- The company's decision to cut jobs was not easily justified.
- She couldn't justify spending so much money on a pair of shoes.
- The students' protest was justified by their concerns over the new campus policies.
- The government's harsh measures against the rioters were difficult to justify.
- The company's policy of charging late fees can be justified by the need to cover administrative costs.
- It's hard to justify spending so much time on social media when there are more productive things to do.
- The decision to fire the employee was justified based on their poor performance and repeated violations of company rules.
FAQs About the word justify
show to be right by providing justification or proof, (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin, adjust the spaces between wordsTo prove o
excuse,explain, account (for), rationalize,ignore, forgive, explain away, disregard, brush (aside or off),alibi
take back,withdraw, reverse, withdraw, abandon, forsake, reverse, retract, take back, forsake
The defendant's lawyer struggled to justify his client's violent behavior.
It was difficult to justify such a reckless expenditure of funds.
The politician's actions can hardly be justified on moral grounds.
The company's decision to cut jobs was not easily justified.
