Justifying

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A process of justification.

    "So very precocious was the youth's sagacity, and premature his opinions; but of course, so surrounded, so employed, hearing of nothing but oppressions, and complainings, and justifyings, the bias was inevitable."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of justify form-of, gerund, participle, present

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apologeticextenuatingmitigatingpalliativerefuting

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"I'm not justifying what he did, but you have to admit, his was a labour of love."

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