All justify synonyms

verb justify

• defend — If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
• validate — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
• explain — Make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas.
• rationalize — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
• rationalise — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
• excuse — Attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offense); seek to defend or justify.
• substantiate — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
• vindicate — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
• warrant — authorization, sanction, or justification.
• support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
• legitimise — to make legitimate.
• legitimize — to make legitimate.
• advocate — If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
• condone — If someone condones behaviour that is morally wrong, they accept it and allow it to happen.
• confirm — If something confirms what you believe, suspect, or fear, it shows that it is definitely true.
• countenance — If someone will not countenance something, they do not agree with it and will not allow it to happen.
• favour — to regard with favor: to favor an enterprise.
• favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
• maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
• sustain — to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
• uphold — to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
• absolve — If a report or investigation absolves someone from blame or responsibility, it formally states that he or she is not guilty or is not to blame.
• acquit — If someone is acquitted of a crime in a court of law, they are formally declared not to have committed the crime.
• alibi — If you have an alibi, you can prove that you were somewhere else when a crime was committed.
• approve — If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
• assert — If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.
• brief — Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.
• claim — If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
• clear — Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
• contend — If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
• crawl — When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees.
• establish — Set up (an organization, system, or set of rules) on a firm or permanent basis.
• exculpate — Show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing.
• exonerate — (especially of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing, especially after due consideration of the case.
• legalize — to make legal; authorize.
• legalise — to make legal; authorize.
• palliate — to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
• pardon — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
• plead — to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.
• rebut — to refute by evidence or argument.
• square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
• verify — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
• answer for — If you have to answer for something bad or wrong you have done, you are punished for it.
• bear out — If someone or something bears a person out or bears out what that person is saying, they support what that person is saying.
• cop a plea — to plead guilty to a criminal charge, esp. so as to get a lighter sentence
• do justice to — to show to full advantage
• make good — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
• stand up for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
• align — If you align yourself with a particular group, you support them because you have the same political aim.
• adjust — When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.