1. Adjective
To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.
2. Adjective
To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear.
3. Adjective
To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
4. Adjective
To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
5. Adjective
To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4.
6. Verb
To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.
7. Verb
To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
8. Verb
To explain why something is supported or appropriate.
To provide reasons or evidence showing that a decision, claim or method is reasonable.
“The methodology section justifies the sample choice.”
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