Justify

·vi To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.

II. Justify ·vi To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.

III. Justify ·adj To Prove; to Ratify; to Confirm.

IV. Justify ·adj To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. ·see Justification, 4.

V. Justify ·add. ·vt To qualify (one's self) as a surely by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.

VI. Justify ·adj To treat as if righteous and just; to Pardon; to Exculpate; to Absolve.

VII. Justify ·add. ·vt To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a change or accusation.

VIII. Justify ·adj To prove or show to be just; to Vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.

IX. Justify ·adj To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, ·etc.; to Absolve; to Exonerate; to Clear.