To justify is to make excuses for one's actions, like the dieter who has to justify the few tiny pieces of chocolate she's sneaked in between salads.
To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.
Verb
adjust the spaces between words; "justify the margins"
Verb
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child''s seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
Verb
show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim"
Verb
show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means"
Verb
let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
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.
Justify
That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
Unless the oppression is so extreme as to justify revolution, it would not justify the evil of breaking up a government.2.
I can not justify whom the law condemns.3.
By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.4.
Justify
To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.
To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.
Usage Examples
I'm 20 years old. I like to party as much as anyone my age. Going clubbing is my way of relaxing or releasing a lot of stress. I don't feel that I should have to justify that part of my life. I don't know that I'm necessarily an addict.
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.
A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.
It was an interesting question as to whether the BBC had a future in the digital world, and what form of market failure could justify the licence fee system.
For more than 200 years, materialists have promised that science will eventually explain everything in terms of physics and chemistry. Believers are sustained by the faith that scientific discoveries will justify their beliefs.
How can you be conservative and justify wiretapping people without a warrant? We're supposed to be the party of personal freedom and civil liberties.
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.
I think we need to ask serious questions about how we engage militarily, when we engage militarily, and on what basis we engage militarily. What kind of intelligence do we have to justify a military engagement?
Misspelled FormJustify, Justify, ustify, Justify, Jyustify, J7ustify, J8ustify, Jiustify, Jjustify, Jystify, J7stify, J8stify, Jistify, Jjstify, Juystify, Ju7stify, Ju8stify, Juistify, Jujstify, Juastify, Juwstify, Juestify, Judstify, Juxstify, Juzstify, Juatify, Juwtify, Juetify, Judtify, Juxtify, Juztify, Jusatify, Juswtify, Jusetify, Jusdtify, Jusxtify, Jusztify, Jusrtify, Jus5tify, Jus6tify, Jusytify, Jusgtify, Jusrify, Jus5ify, Jus6ify, Jusyify, Jusgify, Justrify, Just5ify, Just6ify, Justyify, Justgify, Justuify, Just8ify, Just9ify, Justoify, Justjify, Justkify, Justufy, Just8fy, Just9fy, Justofy, Justjfy, Justkfy, Justiufy, Justi8fy, Justi9fy, Justiofy, Justijfy, Justikfy, Justidfy, Justirfy, Justitfy, Justigfy, Justivfy, Justicfy, Justidy, Justiry, Justity, Justigy, Justivy, Justicy, Justifdy, Justifry, Justifty, Justifgy, Justifvy, Justifcy, Justifty, Justif6y, Justif7y, Justifuy, Justifhy, Justift, Justif6, Justif7, Justifu, Justifh, Justifyt, Justify6, Justify7, Justifyu, Justifyh.
Other Usage ExamplesThere are so many things a large intelligence espionage organization can do to justify its existence, that people can get promotions for, because it could result in results.
A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.
The implications of these considerations justify the statement that all empirically verifiable knowledge even the commonsense knowledge of everyday life - involves implicitly, if not explicitly, systematic theory in this sense.
I'm not a Hollywood basher because enough good movies come out of the Hollywood system every year to justify its existence, without any apologies.
I felt strongly that since the pursuit of good science was so difficult it was essential that the problem being studied was an important one to justify the effort expanded.
Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify ourselves worthy of a glorious past.
Gentlemen, I fervently trust that before long the principle of arbitration may win such confidence as to justify its extension to a wider field of international differences.
The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?
A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really attractive.
Comments