justify
verb
[ ˈdʒʌstɪfʌɪ ]
• show or prove to be right or reasonable.
• "the person appointed has fully justified our confidence"
Similar:
give grounds for,
give reasons for,
give a justification for,
show just cause for,
explain,
give an explanation for,
account for,
show/prove to be reasonable,
provide a rationale for,
rationalize,
defend,
answer for,
vindicate,
substantiate,
uphold,
sustain,
establish,
legitimize,
legitimatize,
• declare or make righteous in the sight of God.
• "one of the elect, justified by faith"
• adjust (a line of type or piece of text) so that the print fills a space evenly or forms a straight edge at the margin.
• "in most European languages you justify text by adding space between letters and words"
Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘administer justice to’ and ‘inflict a judicial penalty on’): from Old French justifier, from Christian Latin justificare ‘do justice to’, from Latin justus (see just).
