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Verb justify has 5 senses
- justify, warrant - show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means"
--1 is one way to confirm, reassert
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- justify, vindicate - show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim"
--2 is one way to uphold, maintain
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise - defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
--3 is one way to defend, support, fend for
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- absolve, justify, free - let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
--4 is one way to forgive
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody of something
- justify - adjust the spaces between words; "justify the margins"
--5 is one way to adjust, set, correct
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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