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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 2. 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. I can not justify whom the law condemns. --Shak. 3. (Theol.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve. By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. --Acts xiii. 39. 4. To prove; to ratify; to confirm. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. (Print.) To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4. Syn: To defend; maintain; vindicate; excuse; exculpate; absolve; exonerate.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you describe a decision, action, or idea as justified, you think it is reasonable and acceptable. In my opinion, the decision was wholly justified. ADJ 2. If you think that someone is justified in doing something, you think that their reasons for doing it are good and valid. He's absolutely justified in resigning. He was treated shamefully. ADJ: v-link ADJ in -ing

Moby Thesaurus

balanced, born again, circumcised, converted, defensible, deserved, due, earned, entitled, equitable, even, evenhanded, fair, fair and square, fit, good, just, justifiable, lawful, legal, level, meet, meet and right, merited, proper, qualified, reborn, redeemed, regenerate, regenerated, renewed, right, right and proper, rightful, saved, spiritually purified, square, warrantable, warranted, well-earned, well-grounded, worthy