Definition of justify

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

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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..
Justifying :: Justifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Justif.
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it..
Vindicatory :: Vindicatory (a.) Tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative.
Scaleboard :: Scaleboard (n.) A thin slip of wood used to justify a page.
Justify :: Justify (v. i.) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
Justification :: "Justification (n.) The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements..
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..
Justify :: "Justify (a.) To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty..
Glassite :: Glassite (n.) A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught that justifying faith is no more than a simple assent to the divine testimone passively recived by the understanding. The English and American adherents of this faith are called Sandemanians, after Robert Sandeman, the son-in-law and disciple of Glass..
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit..
Clear :: Clear (v. t.) To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the thing imputed..
Avow :: Avow (v. t.) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See Avowry..
Aver :: Aver (v. t.) To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See Averment.
Justify :: "Justify (a.) To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4..
Justify :: Justify (v. i.) To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.
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..
Averment :: Averment (v. t.) A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
Justify :: Justify (a.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
Authorize :: Authorize (v. t.) To justify; to furnish a ground for.
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