Justified

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Justify \Jus"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Justified}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Justifying}.] [F. justifier, L. justificare; justus
     just + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Just}, a., and
     {-fy}.]
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     1. To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or


        defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety,
        or duty.
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              That to the height of this great argument
              I may assert eternal providence,
              And justify the ways of God to men.   --Milton.
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              Unless the oppression is so extreme as to justify
              revolution, it would not justify the evil of
              breaking up a government.             --E. Everett.
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     2. To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove
        to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to
        absolve; to exonerate; to clear.
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              I can not justify whom the law condemns. --Shak.
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     3. (Theol.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to
        exculpate; to absolve.
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              By him all that believe are justified from all
              things, from which ye could not be justified by the
              law of Moses.                         --Acts xiii.
                                                    39.
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     4. To prove; to ratify; to confirm. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     5. (Print.) To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper
        spacing; to align (text) at the left (left justify) or
        right (right justify) margins of a column or page, or at
        both margins; to adjust, as type. See {Justification}, 4.
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     6. (Law)
        (a) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal
            reason for an act that has been made the subject of a
            charge or accusation.
        (b) To qualify (one's self) as a surety by taking oath to
            the ownership of sufficient property.
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                  The production of bail in court, who there
                  justify themselves against the exception of the
                  plaintiff.                        --Bouvier's
                                                    Law Dict.
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     Syn: To defend; maintain; vindicate; excuse; exculpate;
          absolve; exonerate.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  justified \jus"ti*fied\, a. (Printing)
     Arranged and spaced so as to line up at the left side or
     right side of the printed page, or on both sides; as, left
     justified; right justified.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  justified
       adj : having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  justify
       v 1: show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The
            emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The
            end justifies the means" [syn: {warrant}]
       2: show to be right by providing justification or proof;
          "vindicate a claim" [syn: {vindicate}]
       3: defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by
          reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy
          behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" [syn: {apologize},
           {apologise}, {excuse}, {rationalize}, {rationalise}]
       4: let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
          [syn: {absolve}, {free}] [ant: {blame}]
       5: adjust the spaces between words; "justify the margins"
       [also: {justified}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  justified
       See {justify}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "justified":
     balanced, born again, circumcised, converted, defensible, deserved,
     due, earned, entitled, equitable, even, evenhanded, fair,
     fair and square, fit, good, just, justifiable, lawful, legal,
     level, meet, meet and right, merited, proper, qualified, reborn,
     redeemed, regenerate, regenerated, renewed, right,
     right and proper, rightful, saved, spiritually purified, square,
     warrantable, warranted, well-earned, well-grounded, worthy