Antonyms for justified

Grammar : Verb

Spell : juhs-tuh-fahy

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒʌs təˌfaɪ

Definition of justified

Origin : 1580s, "made right," past participle adjective from justify. Typesetting sense is from 1670s.

verb legitimize, substantiate

Example sentences :

There was so much to tell, more than could ever be explained or justified.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

It was for them to consider how far they were justified in complying with his request.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

Why, she is justified in a way, in her own mind anyhow, I mean.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Every one must admit, I think, that what Tolstoi has said of the hypothesis of the play is justified.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

Whether this decision was justified or not the reader shall decide.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

But hadn't her intuition been justified, after all, by the very man she had seen tonight?
Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

The confidence of the soldiers in their leader was justified continually.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

Doubtless you were justified in taking advantage of the open door.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

Thus was he justified of his temerity; the day was saved—that is, to-morrow was.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

I have my little suspicions that madame is rather solicitous to be justified to herself.'
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for justified

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