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Definition of Justify

1. Verb. Show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for. "The end justifies the means"

2. Verb. Show to be right by providing justification or proof. "Vindicate a claim"

3. Verb. Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning. "He rationalized his lack of success"

4. Verb. Let off the hook. "I absolve you from this responsibility"

5. Verb. Adjust the spaces between words. "Justify the margins"

Definition of Justify

1. v. t. To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.

2. v. i. To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.

3. v. t. To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.

Definition of Justify

1. to show to be just, right, or valid [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]

Medical Definition of Justify

1. 1. To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty. "That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal providence, And justify the ways of God to men." (Milton) "Unless the oppression is so extreme as to justify revolution, it would not justify the evil of breaking up a government." (E. Everett) 2. 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. "I can not justify whom the law condemns." (Shak) 3. To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve. "By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses." (Acts xiii. 39) 4. To prove; to ratify; to confirm. 5. To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification. Synonym: To defend, maintain, vindicate, excuse, exculpate, absolve, exonerate. Origin: F. Justifier, L. Justificare; justus just + -ficare (in comp) to make. See Just, and -fy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Justify

justiciary justifiability justifiable justifiably justification justification justifications justificative justificatory justified

justifiedly justifier justifiers justifies justify (current term) justify (current term) justifying justing justinian Justinian

Justinian code Justinian I Justinian the Great justle justled justles justling justly justness justnesses

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