justify: Meaning and Definition of

jus•ti•fy

1. to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
2. to defend or uphold as warranted or well-grounded: Don't try to justify his rudeness.
3. to declare innocent or guiltless; absolve; acquit.
1. to make (a line of type) a desired length by spacing the words and letters, esp. so that full lines in a column have even margins both on the left and on the right.
2. to level and square (a strike).

1. to show a satisfactory reason or excuse for something done.
2. to qualify as bail or surety.
2. (of a line of type) to fit exactly into a desired length.