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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.
Other Word Forms
- half-justified adjective
- unjustified adjective
- well-justified adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of justified1
Example Sentences
"I don't know what I can say that won't be controversial. It didn't look good and it was a justified red card," said Erasmus.
A screening programme for prostate cancer for all men in the UK is not justified, according to a hugely influential group of experts.
For Borrell, who stepped down last year, it justified his earlier warning that Europe “must learn to speak the language of power.”
The law, which is being watched closely around the globe, was justified by campaigners and the government as necessary to protect children from harmful content and algorithms.
But until Arsenal win silverware the outlay won't be fully justified.
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