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Meaning of 'justify' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.
2 . 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.

Meaning of 'justify' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . justify [ v]
Meaning (1):
- adjust the spaces between words
Example in sentence:
  • justify the margins
Meaning (2):
- show to be right by providing justification or proof
Example in sentence:
  • vindicate a claim

Nearby Words:

jussi just justice justiceable justicehood justicement justicer justiceship justiciable justiciar

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