Synonyms for justified
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : juhs-tuh-fahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒʌs təˌfaɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for justified Other synonyms for the word justified
- absolve
- acquit
- alibi
- answer for
- apologize for
- approve
- argue for
- assert
- be answerable for
- bear out
- brief
- claim
- clear
- contend
- cop a plea
- crawl
- do justice to
- establish
- exculpate
- excuse
- exonerate
- legalize
- make allowances
- make good
- palliate
- pardon
- plead
- rebut
- show cause
- speak in favor
- square
- stand up for
- sustain
- uphold
- validate
- verify
- vindicate
- warrant
Définition of justified
Origin :- 1580s, "made right," past participle adjective from justify. Typesetting sense is from 1670s.
- verb legitimize, substantiate
- 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
Antonyms for justified
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