justifier

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

justifier
    n 1: a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or
         institution; "an apologist for capital punishment" [syn:
         {apologist}, {vindicator}, {justifier}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Justifier \Jus"ti*fi`er\, n.
   One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or
   absolves.
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         Justifiers of themselves and hypocrites. --Strype.
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         That he might be just, and the justifier of him which
         believeth in Jesus.                      --Rom. iii.
                                                  26.
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