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justify
verb as in legitimize, substantiate
Strongest matches
advocate, condone, confirm, countenance, defend, explain, favor, maintain, rationalize, support, sustain, uphold, validate, vindicate, warrant
Example Sentences
It claimed that grating clemency to “unquestionable perpetrators of notorious acts of mass terror…. can be justified by no motive other than to resist the death penalty across the board.”
Gromit's concern that Wallace has become over-dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a smart gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own.
When you've spent nearly 60 years in show business, you might be justified in thinking about cutting back or hanging it up.
"We have so many subscriptions already that we find it very difficult to justify signing up for a new one," she told the BBC.
Cuts to health care will be justified by claims that it's up to ordinary people to do more push-ups so they don't "need" doctors.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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