Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Verb: justify  'jús-tu,fI
  1. Show to be right by providing justification or proof
    "justify a claim";
    - vindicate
     
  2. (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin
     
  3. (printing) adjust the spaces between words
    "justify the margins"

Derived forms: justified, justifies, justifying

Type of: absolve, adjust, correct, free, maintain, set, uphold

Encyclopedia: Justify

Nearest

justiciar
justiciary
justifiable
justifiably
justification
justificative
justificatory
justified
justifiedly
justifier
justify
Justin Trudeau
Justinian
Justinian code
Justinian I
Justinian the Great
justly
justness
just-noticeable difference
jut
jut out