Search Result:justified
Overview of verb justify
The verb justify has 5 senses
- 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")
- justify, vindicate -- (show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim")
- 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")
- absolve, justify, free -- (let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility")
- justify -- (adjust the spaces between words; "justify the margins")
Overview of adj justified
The adj justified has 1 sense
- justified -- (having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins)