Definition of justify

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"Justify (a.) To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty..

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Justifying :: Justifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Justif.
Justify :: "Justify (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..
Justification :: "Justification (n.) The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification..
Authorize :: Authorize (v. t.) To justify; to furnish a ground for.
Justificative :: Justificative (a.) Having power to justify; justificatory.
Averment :: Averment (v. t.) A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
Justification :: "Justification (n.) The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements..
Justify :: Justify (a.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it..
Safety :: Safety (n.) Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc..
Subterrane :: Subterfuge (n.) That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion..
Vindicatory :: Vindicatory (a.) Tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative.
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it..
Reason :: Reason (v. t.) To find by logical processes; to explain or justify by reason or argument; -- usually with out; as, to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon..
Scaleboard :: Scaleboard (n.) A thin slip of wood used to justify a page.
Aver :: Aver (v. t.) To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See Averment.
Vindicate :: Vindicate (v. t.) To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to defend; to justify..
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or instrument investing one with a right or authority, and thus securing him from loss or damage; commission; authority..
Far :: Far (a.) Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it from me to justify cruelty..
Justify :: Justify (a.) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
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