vi to form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.
2. justify ·vi to take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
3. justify ·adj to prove; to ratify; to confirm.
4. justify ·adj to make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. ·see justification, 4.
5. justify ·add. ·vt to qualify (one's self) as a surely by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
6. justify ·adj to treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
7. justify ·add. ·vt to show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a change or accusation.
8. justify ·adj to prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.
9. justify ·adj to pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, ·etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear.