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    [Verb]  | "jus*ti*fy" | \ ˈjə-stə-ˌfī \


    1: to prove or show to be just, right, or reasonable

    2: to show to have had a sufficient legal reason

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

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English justifien, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French justifier, from Late Latin justificare, from Latin justus see: ;

    [Idiom]  | "the end justifies the means" 


    1: —used to say that a desired result is so good or important that any method, even a morally bad one, may be used to achieve it

    [Verb]  | "justifies" 


    1: to be an acceptable reason for;


      * e.g., " ... you seem to think that losing a basketball game justifies a temper tantrum "



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    2: to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections;


      * e.g., " ... failed to justify the need for a war at this time "



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    [Verb]  | "justify" 


    1: to be an acceptable reason for;


      * e.g., " ... you seem to think that losing a basketball game justifies a temper tantrum "



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    2: to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections;


      * e.g., " ... failed to justify the need for a war at this time "



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