justified
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Justify \Jus"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Justified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Justifying}.] [F. justifier, L. justificare; justus
just + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Just}, a., and
{-fy}.]
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1. To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or
defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety,
or duty.
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That to the height of this great argument
I may assert eternal providence,
And justify the ways of God to men. --Milton.
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Unless the oppression is so extreme as to justify
revolution, it would not justify the evil of
breaking up a government. --E. Everett.
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2. 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.
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I can not justify whom the law condemns. --Shak.
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3. (Theol.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to
exculpate; to absolve.
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By him all that believe are justified from all
things, from which ye could not be justified by the
law of Moses. --Acts xiii.
39.
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4. To prove; to ratify; to confirm. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. (Print.) To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper
spacing; to align (text) at the left (left justify) or
right (right justify) margins of a column or page, or at
both margins; to adjust, as type. See {Justification}, 4.
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6. (Law)
(a) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal
reason for an act that has been made the subject of a
charge or accusation.
(b) To qualify (one's self) as a surety by taking oath to
the ownership of sufficient property.
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The production of bail in court, who there
justify themselves against the exception of the
plaintiff. --Bouvier's
Law Dict.
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Syn: To defend; maintain; vindicate; excuse; exculpate;
absolve; exonerate.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "justified":
balanced, born again, circumcised, converted, defensible, deserved,
due, earned, entitled, equitable, even, evenhanded, fair,
fair and square, fit, good, just, justifiable, lawful, legal,
level, meet, meet and right, merited, proper, qualified, reborn,
redeemed, regenerate, regenerated, renewed, right,
right and proper, rightful, saved, spiritually purified, square,
warrantable, warranted, well-earned, well-grounded, worthy
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