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)