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English to English verb
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show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for |  | Example: The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns
The end justifies the means
source: wordnet30
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show to be right by providing justification or proof | | Example: vindicate a claim
source: wordnet30
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defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | | Example: rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior
he rationalized his lack of success
source: wordnet30
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let off the hook | | Example: I absolve you from this responsibility
source: wordnet30
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adjust the spaces between words | | Example: justify the margins
source: wordnet30
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To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty. | | source: webster1913
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To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913
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