Synonyms for justify
ˈdʒʌs təˌfaɪ

Princeton's WordNet(4.28 / 7 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. justify, warrant(verb)

   show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for

   "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means"

   Synonyms:
   rationalize, absolve, free, guarantee, apologise, excuse, rationalise, vindicate, apologize, warrant

2. justify, vindicate(verb)

   show to be right by providing justification or proof

   "vindicate a claim"

   Synonyms:
   rationalize, absolve, free, apologise, excuse, rationalise, vindicate, apologize, warrant

3. apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise(verb)

   defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

   "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"

   Synonyms:
   condone, apologise, explain, relieve, prune, rationalize, excuse, beg off, vindicate, warrant, cut, let off, apologize, free, rationalise, exempt, absolve, pardon

4. absolve, justify, free(verb)

   let off the hook

   "I absolve you from this responsibility"

   Synonyms:
   unloose, relieve, apologise, unloosen, unblock, unfreeze, liberate, rationalize, excuse, vindicate, warrant, discharge, release, give up, apologize, rationalise, loose, disembarrass, resign, dislodge, shrive, relinquish, disengage, rid, exempt, absolve, free

5. justify(verb)

   adjust the spaces between words

   "justify the margins"

   Synonyms:
   rationalize, absolve, free, apologise, excuse, rationalise, vindicate, apologize, warrant

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.43 / 7 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. justify

   Synonyms:
   absolve, acquit, applaud, approve, exonerate, pardon, pardon, praise

   Antonyms:
   blame, censure, condemn, convict, denounce, doom, reprobate, reprove, sentence

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. justify

   Synonyms:
   clear, vindicate, exonerate, defend, absolve, excuse

   Antonyms:
   condemn, censure, convict, criminate

Dictionary of English Synonymes(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. justify(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   vindicate, warrant, defend, maintain, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, set right

2. justify(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   (Theol.) absolve, acquit, free from sin, clear from guilt

3. justify(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   (Printing.) adjust

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. justify(v)

   Synonyms:
   vindicate, warrant, excuse, exonorate, exculpate, absolve, defend

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "justify":

   warrant, substantiate, justifying, justified, motivate, legitimise, explain, justification, defend, excuse, legitimize

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How to use justify in a sentence?

1. Bryan Gibson:

   To justify abandoning them on the basis of them not helping during the Second World War is outrageous.

2. Jason Torchinsky:

   They don't need to redo the entire administrative process, they just need to better justify what they did, in a way that can satisfy the Supreme Court.

3. Paul Blackman:

   I have been in law enforcement all of my adult life, and this horrific incident shocks and angers me more than anything I have encountered in my career, while we still don't know what drove the suspect to commit this heinous act, there is no excuse that can justify the cold-blooded murder of multiple victims.

4. Anuj Somany:

   It has been often seen by the people that an immoral person even thinks that whatever he does is right , so does it justify his point as right.

5. The Supreme Court:

   We have considered these points carefully but we are not persuaded that they are matters of public importance or general commercial significance that would justify a further appeal.

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