[ UK /d‍ʒˈʌstɪfˌa‍ɪ/ ]
[ US /ˈdʒəstəˌfaɪ/ ]
VERB
  1. (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin
  2. adjust the spaces between words
    justify the margins
  3. show to be right by providing justification or proof
    vindicate a claim
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How To Use justify In A Sentence

  • Upstairs were the bedrooms; “mother-and-father’s room” the largest; a smaller room for one or two sons, another for one or two daughters; each of these rooms containing a double bed, a “washstand, ” a “bureau, ” a wardrobe, a little table, a rocking-chair, and often a chair or two that had been slightly damaged downstairs, but not enough to justify either the expense of repair or decisive abandonment in the attic. Chapter 1
  • Although Jameson is clear-eyed about the corrosive effects of modernity, his methodology nevertheless seemed to require his allegiance to secularization and to convergence theories of modernization; moreover, the acuity and insight of the readings produced by this methodology served to justify that faith a posteriori. Introduction
  • I can see taha many of the comments try to justify what happening in Gaza by other crimes committed in the human history. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
  • Many people find it socially and morally advantageous to hypocritically profess their religious beliefs, and to use religion to justify what they want to believe and do. Dr T.P.Chia 
  • With this approach there is a need to justify all expenditure and not just that expenditure at the margin or additional expenditure.
  • It is hard to justify requiring companies to keep records of historical importance in a retrievable format when technological advances make retrieval increasingly difficult.
  • The contradictory demands of justifying and criticizing national prejudice can be seen in the everyday discourse of racism.
  • In both instances the general test should be whether there was some reasonable or sufficient evidence to justify the action.
  • Congress has ever been niggardly when little or no evidence of electoral sentiment is presented to justify more generous appropriations.
  • The fact that we do not have immortal souls does not justify unethical behavior.
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