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justify

 
Verb justify has 5 senses
  1. justify, warrant - show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means"
    --1 is one way to confirm, reassert
    Derived forms: noun justification2, noun justification1, noun justification3
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  2. justify, vindicate - show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim"
    --2 is one way to uphold, maintain
    Derived forms: noun justification2, noun justification1, noun justifier1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise - defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
    --3 is one way to defend, support, fend for
    Derived forms: noun justification2, noun justification1, noun justification3, noun justifier1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. absolve, justify, free - let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
    --4 is one way to forgive
    Derived form: noun justification2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody of something
  5. justify - adjust the spaces between words; "justify the margins"
    --5 is one way to
    adjust, set, correct
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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