JUSTIFIER

apologist, vindicator, justifier

(noun) a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution; “an apologist for capital punishment”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

justifier (plural justifiers)

(chiefly, philosophy) One who, or that which, justifies some belief or action.

One who pardons and absolves from guilt and punishment.

(computing, typography) A machine, program or algorithm that justifies text by aligning it.

Source: Wiktionary


Jus"ti*fi`er, n.

Definition: One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves. Justifiers of themselves and hypocrites. Strype. That he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Rom. iii. 26.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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