justify

Definition:
1. Show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for.
2. Show to be right by providing justification or proof.
3. Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning.
4. Let off the hook.
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Use 'justify' in a sentence:

1. It is curious that Stephen Koziatek feels almost as though he has to justify his efforts to give his students a better future.
2. They want to ensure such claims are justified by cross-checking with other records.
3. Only time will tell whether Broughton's optimism is justified.
4. The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of petrol to justify price increases.
5. Nothing other than an immediate custodial sentence could be justified.
6. For Mr. Zhang, the environmental savings alone justify the effort.
7. Daniels needed to justify the high cost of attending Purdue to its students and their families.
8. He made a half-hearted attempt to justify himself.
9. He knew from her face that his forebodings had been justified.
10. She felt fully justified in asking for her money back.
11. The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases.
12. How can teachers justify spending so much time on outdoors activities?
13. No amount of rationalization could justify his actions.
14. His fears proved justified.
15. Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.
16. In some senses the criticisms were justified.
17. How can they justify paying such huge salaries?
18. The second line of research often used to justify single-sex education falls squarely within my area of expertise: brain and cognitive development.
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20. A long list of reasons was trundled out to justify their demands.
21. Doubtless he was justified in some of his criticism of the media.
22. Mr. Daniels needed to justify the high cost of attending Purdue to its students and their families.
23. In my opinion, the decision was wholly justified.
24. How can the train operators possibly justify yet another increase to rail passenger fares?
25. Why does agreement to a certain procedure, even a fair procedure, justify whatever result flows from the operation of that procedure?
26. Mediocrity is no longer enough to justify a dismissal.
27. They justify every villainy in the name of high ideals.
28. I give myself treats and justify them to salve my conscience.
29. You don't need to justify yourself to me.
30. They justify villainy in the name of high ideals.
31. In short, Venus seems to justify its long-held nickname of earth's twin.
32. Her success had justified the faith her teachers had put in her.
33. I can't say it justifies the price tag of £ 150.
34. It rests with management to justify their actions.
35. These reasons are not sufficient to justify the ban.
36. We'll always justify our actions with noble sounding theories.
37. Ministers agreed that this decision was fully justified by economic conditions.
38. The board of directors pointed to falling productivity to justify their decision.
39. That's only OK if you believe that the end justifies the means.
40. No argument can justify a war.
41. This sort of increase simply cannot be justified.
42. It is questionable whether the expenditure on this project is really justified.
43. The financial rewards justified the expenditure of effort.
44. He decided there was insufficient evidence to justify criminal proceedings.
45. The Prime Minister has been asked to justify the decision to Parliament.
46. Thus, our newer employees are not generating enough revenue to justify their salaries.
47. Procrastinators like to find excuses to justify their behavior.
48. You cannot justify such behavior.
49. Domestic conditions did not justify a loosening of monetary policy.