justify
/ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ/
Misollar
- Be prepared to justify your position.
- Oleg tried to justify his actions.
- Yanni can't justify his actions.
- My results justify taking drastic action.
- Do the ends justify the means?
- Nothing can justify deception and manipulation.
fe’l verb
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To provide an acceptable explanation for.
How can you justify spending so much money on clothes?
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To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant.
Nothing can justify your rude behaviour last night.
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To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
The text will look better justified.
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To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
She felt no need to justify herself for deciding not to invite him.
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.