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justified
[ juhs-tuh-fahyd ]
adjective
- having been shown to be just or right:
If a parent sides with one child over another, one will feel righteous and justified, and the other will feel misunderstood and resentful.
- warranted or well-grounded:
The commission’s stance is that bans on GMO crops must be scientifically justified and crop-specific.
I accept that there may be a penalty for justified civil disobedience, but I must weigh that penalty against the good that can be accomplished.
- Printing. aligned with one or, especially, both margins:
Justified text looks a little neater, but there's nothing particularly wrong with having a ragged right edge.
noun
- Theology. Usually the justified. a person or persons believed to be worthy, redeemed, or absolved:
Good works are logically and morally necessary, for they are nothing more or less than the evidence that one is indeed among the justified.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of justify ( def ).
Other 51Թ Forms
- -ܲ·پ·ھ adjective
- ܲ·ܲ·پ·ھ adjective
- ɱ-ܲ·پ·ھ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of justified1
Example Sentences
A Los Angeles police officer who killed a mentally ill man last year in Koreatown employed questionable tactics but was justified in using deadly force, the department’s oversight body ruled Tuesday.
"Everyone wants Mullin in the squad, but right now him not being there is being justified," sums up Edwards.
The continued existence of “The Handmaid’s Tale” can be explained if not entirely justified by its performances.
Trump has in part justified his global wave of tariffs by saying he wants to revive manufacturing in the US.
Mr Rowe also argued that if the court had been told some relevant information, it would have been justified in not granting the order.
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