Definitions of justify
a. - To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty. 2
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. 2
a. - To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve. 2
a. - To prove; to ratify; to confirm. 2
a. - To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4. 2
v. i. - To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly. 2
v. i. - To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety. 2
v. t. - To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a change or accusation. 2
v. t. - To qualify (one's self) as a surely by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property. 2
The word "justify" uses 7 letters: F I J S T U Y.
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