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justify
/ˈdʒə stə ˌfaɪ/
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show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
justify meaning(s)
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- (v) show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
- (v) show to be right by providing justification or proof
- (v) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
- (v) let off the hook
- (v) adjust the spaces between words
justify usage(s) Create your Own
- A federal court shuts down a flood-control boondoggle in Missouri, saying the books were cooked to justify the project.
- She now has to come home and justify to her husband why she bought this during a recession.
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justinian
/dʒəs ˈtɪ nɪən/
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Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against…
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justinian code
the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for…
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justinian i
Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the…
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justinian the great
Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire…
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justly
/ˈdʒəst li/
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with honesty
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justness
conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety
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jut
/ˈdʒət/
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something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
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jut out
extend out or project in space
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jute
/ˈdʒut/
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a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks
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jutish
one of the major dialects of Old English
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jutland
/ˈdʒət lənd/
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peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark…
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jutted
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
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jutting
/ˈdʒə tɪŋ/
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something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
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juvenal
Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign…
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juvenescence
/ˌdʒu vɪ ˈnɛ sns/
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the process of growing into a youth
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juvenile
/ˈdʒu və nəl/
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a young person, not fully developed
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juvenile amaurotic idiocy
a congenital progressive disorder of lipid metabolism…
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juvenile body
the body of a young person
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juvenile court
a court having jurisdiction over dependent and delinquent children
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juvenile delinquency
an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor
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juvenile delinquent
a young offender
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juvenile diabetes
severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria…
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juvenile person
a young person, not fully developed