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verb (used with object)
1.
to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
2.
to defend or uphold as warranted or well-grounded: Don't try to justify his rudeness.
3.
Theology. to declare innocent or guiltless; absolve; acquit.
4.
Printing.
a.
to make (a line of type) a desired length by spacing the words and letters, especially so that full lines in a column have even margins both on the left and on the right.
b.
to level and square (a strike).
verb (used without object)
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6.
Printing. (of a line of type) to fit exactly into a desired length.
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Unjustified
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English justifien < Old French justifier < Late Latin jūstificāre, equivalent to Latin jūsti- (combining form of jūstus just1) + -ficāre -fy
1250–1300; Middle English justifien < Old French justifier < Late Latin jūstificāre, equivalent to Latin jūsti- (combining form of jūstus just1) + -ficāre -fy
Related forms
jus·ti·fi·er, noun
jus·ti·fy·ing·ly, adverb
half-jus·ti·fied, adjective
pre·jus·ti·fy, verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
re·jus·ti·fy, verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
EXPANDSynonyms
1. vindicate; validate. 2. excuse.
1. vindicate; validate. 2. excuse.
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Word Origin & History
justify
c.1300, "to administer justice," also "to show (something) to be just or right," from O.Fr. justifer, from L. justificare "act justly toward, make just," from justificus "dealing justly, righteous," from justus "just" (see just (adj.)) + root of facere "to do" (see
EXPAND factitious). Meaning "to make exact" (now largely restricted to typesetting) is from 1551.
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