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| VERB | 1 | justify, warrant | Show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for |
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| 2 | justify, vindicate | Show to be right by providing justification or proof | |
| 3 | justify, apologize, apologise, excuse, rationalize, rationalise | Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | |
| 4 | justify, absolve, free | Let off the hook | |
| 5 | justify | Adjust the spaces between words |
| Sounds | jhah'stahfay. |
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| Rhymes | acidify, amplify, beautify, and 72 more rhymes in fay... |
| Meaning | Show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | warrant |
| Broader | confirm, reassert |
| Adjectives | justificative, justificatory; justificative, justificatory; justifiable; justifiable |
| Nouns | justification; justification; justification |
| Meaning | Show to be right by providing justification or proof. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | vindicate |
| Broader | uphold, maintain |
| Narrower | excuse, explain; legitimate |
| Adjectives | justificative, justificatory; justificative, justificatory; justificative; justificative |
| Nouns | justification; justification; justifier |
| Meaning | Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | apologize, apologise, excuse, rationalize, rationalise |
| Broader | defend, support, fend for |
| Narrower | color, colour, gloss; plead; extenuate, palliate, mitigate |
| Adjectives | justifiable; justificative, justificatory; justifiable; justificative, justificatory |
| Nouns | justification; justification; justification; justifier |
| Meaning | Let off the hook. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody of something |
| Synonyms | absolve, free |
| Contrary | blame, fault |
| Broader | forgive |
| Narrower | excuse, relieve, let off, exempt; wash one's hands |
| Nouns | justification |
| Meaning | Adjust the spaces between words. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "justify the margins" |
| Category | printing |
| Broader | adjust, set, correct |
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