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The Meaning of justify

  • (a.) To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.
  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
  • (a.) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
  • (a.) To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4.
  • (v. i.) To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.
  • (v. i.) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.

Synonyms

rationalize , absolve , free , guarantee , apologise , excuse , rationalise , vindicate , apologize , warrant , condone , explain , relieve , prune , beg off , cut , let off , exempt , pardon , unloose , unloosen , unblock , unfreeze , liberate , discharge , release , give up , loose , disembarrass , resign , dislodge , shrive , relinquish , disengage , rid , confirm , reassert

Rhymes

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