1 ~ (in doing sth) having a good reason for doing sth:
She felt fully justified in asking for her money back.
2 existing or done for a good reason:
His fears proved justified.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of justified come from?
This entry for justified is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is justified a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, justified is tagged as adjective.
Does justified appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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