Justifiable
(Jus"ti*fi`a*ble) a. [Cf. F. justifiable. See Justify.] Capable of being justified, or shown to
be just.
Just are the ways of God,
An justifiable to men.
Milton. Syn. — Defensible; vindicable; warrantable; excusable; exculpable; authorizable.
— Jus"ti*fi`a*ble*ness, n. — Jus"ti*fi`a*bly, adv.
Justification
(Jus`ti*fi*ca"tion) n. [L. justificatio: cf. F. justification. See Justify.]
1. The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to
law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's
conduct; his disobedience admits justification.
I hope, for my brother's justification, he wrote this but as an essay or taste of my virtue.
Shak. 2. (Law) The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for
which he is called to answer.
3. (Theol.) The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements.
Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification.
Rom. iv. 25.
In such righteousness
To them by faith imputed, they may find
Justification toward God, and peace
Of
conscience.
Milton. 4. (Print.) Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold
it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment.
Justificative
(Jus*tif"i*ca*tive) a. [Cf. F. justificatif.] Having power to justify; justificatory.
Justificator
(Jus"ti*fi*ca`tor) n. [LL. justificator: cf. F. justificateur.] One who justifies or vindicates; a
justifier. Johnson.
Justificatory
(Jus*tif"i*ca*to*ry) a. Vindicatory; defensory; justificative.
Justifier
(Jus"ti*fi`er) n. One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves.
Justifiers of themselves and hypocrites.
Strype.
That he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Rom. iii. 26. Justify
(Jus"ti*fy) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Justified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Justifying ] [F. justifier, L. justificare;
justus just + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Just, a., and -fy.]
1. To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice,
propriety, or duty.
That to the height of this great argument
I may assert eternal providence,
And justify the ways of God to
men.
Milton.
Unless the oppression is so extreme as to justify revolution, it would not justify the evil of breaking up
a government.
E. Everett.
