verb (justifies, justifying, justified, justified)
1 to show that sb/sth is right or reasonable:
[V-ing] How can they justify paying such huge salaries? * [VN] Her success had justified the faith her teachers had put in her. [also VN-ing]
2 ~ sth (to sb) to give an explanation or excuse for sth or for doing sth:
[VN] The Prime Minister has been asked to justify the decision to Parliament. * You don't need to justify yourself to me. [also V-ing, VN-ing]
3 [VN] (technical) to arrange lines of printed text so that one or both edges are straight
IDIOMS see ENDn.
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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.
This entry for justify is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does justify appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — justify appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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