Word Finder - justifies

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To provide an acceptable explanation for.

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How can you justify spending so much money on clothes?

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To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant.

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Nothing can justify your rude behaviour last night.

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To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.

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The text will look better justified.

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To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.

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To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.

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She felt no need to justify herself for deciding not to invite him.

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To prove; to ratify; to confirm.

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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.

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To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.

In one instance the variation is so excessive that it fully justifies the establishment of a specific distinction.

A failure to solve the problems of metaphysics must always remain a failure, in spite of all protestations that it was inevitable; and it in no wise justifies an advance to so selfcontradictory an asylum ignorantiae as the Unknowable.

It justifies the expansion of the second article of the developed Christian creed from the standpoint of the earliest Christian tradition.

The tendency of modern historical scholarship justifies the maintenance of the tradition that St Augustine and his forty companions were the first great Benedictine apostles and missioners.

Firstly, it suggests the supernormal level to which the Apostolic consciousness was raised at a bound by the direct influence of the Founder of Christianity, and justifies the marking-off of the Apostolic writings as a Canon, or body of Christian classics of unique religious authority.

The name logarithm is derived from the words X6 7 wv hp426s, the number of the ratios, and the way of regarding a logarithm which justifies the name may be explained as follows.

But such a tacit sanction on the part of the compilers of the second Prayer-Book is in the highest degree improbable, in view of their known opinions on the subject; and an examination of contemporary writings hardly justifies the contention that the two words are so carefully used as the argument would demand.

The importance of the root-fibres, or " feeding roots " justifies the care which is taken by every good gardener to secure their fullest development, and to prevent as far as possible any injury to them in digging, potting and transplanting, such operations being therefore least prejudicial at seasons when the plant is in a state of comparative rest.

It is not however asserted that his mere willing to believe is a proof of the truth of what he wishes to believe, any more than a will to disbelieve justifies disbelief.

It also justifies the idealization of the hero, on the one hand, and, on the other, the introduction of episodes which have but little relation to his personal fate, or even put his character in a directly unfavourable light.

The importance of Archaeopteryx justifies the following descriptive detail.

A general uniformity of the trunk-limbs in Isopoda justifies the ordinal name, but the valviferous Astacillidae, and among the Asellota the Munnopsidae, offer some remarkable exceptions to this characteristic. Among many essential works on this group may be named the Monogr.

Voltaire's influence in creating public interest in the "man in the mask," was indeed enormous; he had himself been imprisoned in the Bastille in 1717 and again in 1726; as early as 1745 he is found hinting that he knows something; in the Siècle de Louis XIV he justifies his account on the score of conversations with de Bernaville, who succeeded Saint-Mars.

In the social drama, Ernesto Biester, and in comedy Fernando Caldeira, also no mean lyric poet, are two of the principal names, and the latter's pieces, A Mantilha da Renda and A Madrugada, have a delicacy and vivacity which justifies their success.

It amply justifies the saying that the Moguls designed like Titans and finished like jewellers.

Some modern writers have included in the same class the Burgundians, a nation which had apparently come from the basin of the Oder, but the evidence at our disposal on the whole hardly justifies the supposition that their language retained a close affinity with Gothic.

One of the greatest of his publications was the Geographical Distribution of Animals (1876), a monumental work, which every student will maintain fully justifies its author's hope that it may bear "a similar relation to the eleventh and twelfth chapters of the Origin of Species as Mr Darwin's Animals and Plants under Domestication bears to the first."

Anthropological researches undertaken all over the globe have shown the necessity of abandoning the old theory that a similarity of customs and superstitions, of arts and crafts, justifies the assumption of a remote relationship, if not an identity of origin, between races.

According to Bellarmine, Garnet's zealous friend and defender, "If the person confessing be concealed, it is lawful for a priest to break the seal of confession in order to avert a great calamity "; but he justifies Garnet's silence by insisting that it was not lawful to disclose a treasonable secret to a heretical king.

By this means the head of pressure in the boreholes tending to hold the water back in the rock is reduced, and the supply consequently increased; but when the cost of maintenance is included, the increased supply from the adoption of this method rarely justifies expectations.

Only a knowledge of the great loss of capital that has resulted from abortive reservoir construction justifies this notice of defects which can always be avoided, and are too often the direct result, not of design, but of parsimony in providing during the execution of such works, and especially below ground, a sufficiency of intelligent, experienced and conscientious supervision.

And he justifies his view by this, that circumcision, which foreshadowed the Christian seal (a payis), was imposed on the eighth day on those who as yet had no use of reason.

The number of sheep, however, justifies the name of the islands, some individuals having flocks of from three to five hundred, and the total number in the islands considerably exceeds ten thousand.

It is beautifully situated in the midst of green wooded hills, and still justifies Madame de Stael's description of it as "a basket of flowers."

It is this sac-like and not valvular carapace, therefore, that justifies the term Ascothoracida.

On the east side the plain is also limited by a low ridge, which still justifies the epithet of nemorosa, or the " wooded," applied by Virgil to Zacynthus.

He takes each article separately, discusses it clause by clause, explains the meaning of each word, and justifies each statement from Scripture.

This end apparently justifies any means, including the defamation of the dead in their battle with the truth.

The new name is probably the worst-kept secret around and justifies us saying that the deaf community grapevine moves faster than Australian bushfire.

It justifies these demands by persuading them that they are suffering from unmanageable debt and galloping inflation.

For Mr Blair the political end justifies the means.

Especially a patriotism that justifies the oppression of others.

Lily Allen, Alright, Still Britain's new pop darling justifies all the purple prose.

The Irenaean theodicy justifies evil as being soul making, while the Augustinian form puts evil down to the exercise of human free will.

Casts himself on the mercy of God who justifies the ungodly.

If they decide with reasonably unselfish motives, that justifies an abortion.

Evangelical theology is being decimated by this teaching that seems so zealous " to discover how sparse the faith that justifies can be.

And it will be found that the method of performance which most nearly justifies the instrumental effect of these otherwise beautiful works is that in which the pianoforte player regards himself as frequently doubling the stringed instruments, and not vice versa.

The torque corresponding to this couple is F 1 X z D = 2µWID, and hence follows the fundamental relation, 2T = 2F 1 D = 2µWID, or if W now represents the weight supported by the axle, F will be the tractive force exerted on the frame by the two axle-boxes to propel the vehicle, and the more convenient relation is established, T=2FD=2µWD (3) If T has a greater value than this relation justifies the wheels will slip. F is called the " tractive force " at the rail.

The failure to apprehend historical method has often led to the fallacious argument that the trustworthiness of individual features justifies our accepting the whole, or that the elimination of unhistorical elements will leave an historical residuum.

The sanctity and, therefore, the importance of Eridu remained a fixed tradition in the minds of the people to the latest days, and analogy therefore justifies the conclusion that Anu was likewise worshipped in a centre which had acquired great prominence.

Its professedly systematic form strictly relegates it to another group of works, but the presence of an " Atlas " (also in octavo) of one hundred and nineteen plates to some extent justifies its notice in this place.

He is "to continue in this ministry" of proclaiming the Shepherd's 1 More than one interpretation, typical or otherwise, of this " Clement " is possible; but none justifies us in assigning even to this Vision a date consistent with that usually given to the traditional bishop of this name (see Clement I.).

Pragmatism has very distinctly a connexion with religion, because it explains, and to some extent justifies, the faithattitude or will to believe, and those who study the psychology of religion cannot but be impressed with the pragmatic nature of this attitude.

Adrian Fortescue in the Catholic Encyclopedia justifies Catholic veneration of images in this way.

Evangelical theology is being decimated by this teaching that seems so zealous to discover how sparse the faith that justifies can be.

They may believe that the action or situation that sparked the anger justifies any angry behavior or revenge-seeking that results.

Coachmen travel trailers are known for high quality, excellent value, and of course a level of simplicity that justifies the company logo "Life should be so easy."

When sending a note of thanks, it can at times be difficult to express your feelings in a way that truly justifies them.

Designer swim wear comes with a heavier price tag, but the level of quality, cut and style usually justifies it.