1. Show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
   "The end justifies the means"
   - warrant 
2. Show to be right by providing justification or proof
   - vindicate 
3. Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
   - apologize, apologise [Brit], excuse, rationalize, rationalise [Brit] 
4. Let off the hook
   - absolve, free 
5. Adjust the spaces between words
   "justify the margins"

Derived forms: justified, justifying, justifies

See also: justifiable, justification, justificative, justifier

Type of: adjust, confirm, correct, defend, fend for, forgive, maintain, pardon, reassert, set, support, uphold

Encyclopedia: Justify

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