Synonyms for justified
jus·ti·fied

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1. justifiedadjective

   Antonyms:
   unjustified

2. justifiedadjective

   The act was fully justified.

   Antonyms:
   unjustified

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1. justifiedadjective

   having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins

   Antonyms:
   uneven

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1. List of paraphrases for "justified":

   warranted, justifiable, legitimate, substantiated, well-founded, reasoned, justify, justifies, motivated, reasonable, fide, unjustified, rightful, vindicated, founded, defensible, valid, based

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1. Jill Baker:

   After our internal review, you clearly saw areas where the employee violated district policy and did not meet our standards and expectations, we believe the decision to terminate this officer's employment is warranted, justified, and quite frankly, the right thing to do.

2. Scott Morrison:

   It is utterly outrageous and cannot be justified on any basis, the Chinese government should be utterly ashamed of this post. It diminishes them in the world’s eyes.

3. Albert Einstein:

   The physicist cannot simply surrender to the philosopher the critical contemplation of the theoretical foundations for he himself knows best and feels most surely where the shoe pinches.... he must try to make clear in his own mind just how far the concepts which he uses are justified... The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

4. John Higgins:

   We don't think that we are yet in the late stage of a bubble in the overall stock market, nonetheless, we acknowledge that the surge in the Nasdaq Composite suggests we may at least be in the early stage of a bubble again, even if the climb in the index is partly justified by the boost to earnings of companies in the technology sector from the pandemic.

5. Izaak Walton:

   So long as thou are ignorant be not ashamed to learn. Ignorance is the greatest of all infirmities, and when justified, the chiefest of all follies.