justify
Significado (Inglés)
- (transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
- (transitive) To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant.
- (transitive) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
- (transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
- (reflexive) To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
- (transitive) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
- To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.
- To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
Sinónimos
elucidate
do justice to
make excuses
Traducións
Frecuencia
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪ/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)
In summary
From Middle English justifien, from Old French justifier, from Late Latin justificare (“make just”), from Latin justus, iustus (“just”) + ficare (“make”), from facere, equivalent to just + -ify.
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