verb🔗ShareTo provide an acceptable explanation for."How can you justify spending so much money on clothes?"logicphilosophyrightmoralstatementessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant."Nothing can justify your rude behaviour last night."moralphilosophylawrightvalueessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned."The text will look better justified."computingwritingstyletechnologyessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin."The teacher justified the student's absence by providing a doctor's note. "guiltreligionmoralphilosophylawessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right."She felt no need to justify herself for deciding not to invite him."actionphilosophymorallogicrightlawpoliticsstateessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo prove; to ratify; to confirm."The teacher asked the student to justify their answer by citing the textbook. "lawphilosophyrightbusinessmoralstatementessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation."The lawyer argued to justify her client's absence from school by presenting evidence of a serious family illness. "lawguiltrightgovernmentpoliticsessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property."To become guarantor for his younger brother's school loan, John had to justify his ownership of sufficient property. "propertylawessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
