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verb (justifies, justifying, justified, justified)
  1. To provide an acceptable explanation.
How can you spending so much money on clothes?
Paying too much for car insurance is not justified.
  1. To give a good, acceptable reason for something.
Nothing can your rude behaviour last night.
  1. To arrange lines on a page or computer screen in such a way that both edges of writing are straight.
The text will look better justified.
Etymology: From Latin justificare, make just, from justus, iustus, just, + ficare, make, from facere.

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