0 present participle of justify
1 to give or to be a good reason for:
[ + -ing verb ] I can't really justify taking another day off work.
It was the only thing that I could do - I don't have to justify myself to anyone.
How can you justify the employment of capital punishment?
New evidence from a self-confessed liar was not enough to justify a retrial.
Manufacturers need large sales to justify offering a big variety in export markets.
They haven't been given these rights for all eternity - they should justify having them just like most other people have to.
Certainly there are some legitimate grounds for justifying this approach in respect of the eighteenth century.
He sees contemporary discourse about human rights as the modern version of justifying and contesting competing values.
They may be doing any number of things to legal materials including justifying, over ruling, or modifying them.
