justify
/ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪ/verb3 syllables
Justify means: show to be right by providing justification or proof.
Synonyms for justify1
verb, as in show to be right by providing justification or proof
vindicate
What does justify mean?3
verb
1
show to be right by providing justification or proof“vindicate a claim”
2
(used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin
3
adjust the spaces between words“justify the margins”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Justify in a sentence
- Justify your attitude, come on, justify being there when it all happened.qdii
- The website allows hate comments, as long as you justify why you're so angry.espamatics
- It's said that 'the ends justify the means', right?terrywallwork
- Stop trying to justify yourself, you're just digging yourself a deeper hole!tieguy
- I don't have to justify my decision to you.CK
- I don't think the ends justify the means.rul
- There must be reasons that justify his absence.Nylez
- Utilitarian philosophers have tried to justify some messed-up things.shekitten
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of justify
as a verb
- past tense
- justified
- present participle
- justifying
- third-person singular
- justifies
- past participle
- justified