justified
(adjective) having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
justify
(verb) adjust the spaces between words; “justify the margins”
justify, vindicate
(verb) show to be right by providing justification or proof; “vindicate a claim”
justify
(verb) (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
justified (comparative more justified, superlative most justified)
Having a justification.
Of text, arranged on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
• unjustified
justified
simple past tense and past participle of justify
Source: Wiktionary
Jus"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Justified; p. pr. & vb. n. Justifying.] Etym: [F. justifier, L. justificare; justus just + - ficare (in comp.) to make. See Just, a., and -fy.]
1. To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty. That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal providence, And justify the ways of God to men. Milton. Unless the oppression is so extreme as to justify revolution, it would not justify the evil of breaking up a government. E. Everett.
2. To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear. I can not justify whom the law condemns. Shak.
3. (Theol.)
Definition: To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve. By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. Acts xiii. 39.
4. To prove; to ratify; to confirm. [Obs.] Shak.
5. (Print.)
Definition: To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4.
Syn.
– To defend; maintain; vindicate; excuse; exculpate; absolve; exonerate.
Jus"ti*fy, v. i.
1. (Print.)
Definition: To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.
2. (Law)
Definition: To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
