justified

  • (adjective): Having a justification.
  • (adjective): Of text, arranged on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
  • (verb): To provide an acceptable explanation for.
  • (verb): To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant.
  • (verb): To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
  • (verb): To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
  • (verb): To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
  • (verb): To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
  • (verb): To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.
  • (verb): To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
  • The act was fully justified.
  • How can you justify spending so much money on clothes?
  • Nothing can justify your rude behaviour last night.
  • The text will look better justified.
  • She felt no need to justify herself for deciding not to invite him.