(justifies, ~ing, justified)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
To ~ a decision, action, or idea means to show or prove that it is reasonable or necessary.
No argument can ~ a war...
Ministers agreed that this decision was fully justified by economic conditions.
VERB: V n, V n
2.
To ~ printed text means to adjust the spaces between the words so that each line of type is exactly the same length. (COMPUTING)
Click on this icon to align or ~ text.
VERB: V n
see also left-~ , right-~