vverb.communicationshow to be right by providing justification or proofSynset:vindicate
Derivationally Related Form:vindicationvindicatorjustifierjustificativejustificatoryvindicatoryjustificationjustifiable
Hypernyms:maintain uphold
Inherited Hypernyms:justifyupholdconfirmaffirm
Direct Hyponyms:excuseexplainlegitimatewarrant
Full Troponyms:alibiexcuselegitimatewarrant
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.communication(used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sinTopic:theological systemtheology
Derivationally Related Form:justificationjustificatoryjustificative
Hypernyms:absolve free
Inherited Hypernyms:justifyabsolveforgiveconcedeagree
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody of something
vverb.changeadjust the spaces between wordsTopic:printing
Hypernyms:adjust correct set
Inherited Hypernyms:justifyadjustchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something