Can you justify the use of violence?
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Justify
//ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪ//
Synonyms for "justify" (92 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (46)
Related word relations
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7 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived
8 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
Translations
161 translations across 42 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- arsyetoj verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- shpjegoj verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
Arabic
2 entries- بَرَّرَ verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- سَوَّغَ verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
Belarusian
2 entries- апра́ўдваць verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- апраўда́ць verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
Bulgarian
4 entries- извиня́ verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- извиня́вам verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- обясня́ verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- обясня́вам verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
Catalan
3 entries- justificar verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- justificar verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- justificar verb (arrange lines on a page or computer screen)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 聲辯 /声辩 verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- 辯解 /辩解 verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- 辯護 /辩护 verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
Czech
4 entries- obhajovat verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- obhájit verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- ospravedlnit verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- ospravedlnit verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
Danish
3 entries- begrunde verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- begrunde verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- retfærdiggøre verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
Dutch
3 entries- rechtvaardigen verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- rechtvaardigen verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- uitlijnen verb (arrange lines on a page or computer screen)
Esperanto
4 entries- argumenti verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- argumenti verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- motivi verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- motivi verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
Finnish
4 entries- oikeuttaa verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- perustella verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- perustella verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- tasata molempiin reunoihin verb (arrange lines on a page or computer screen)
French
3 entries- justifier verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- justifier verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- justifier verb (arrange lines on a page or computer screen)
Galician
1 entries- xustificar verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
Georgian
4 entries- ახსნა verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- ახსნა verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- გამართლება verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- გამართლება verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
German
4 entries- ausrichten verb (arrange lines on a page or computer screen)
- justieren verb (arrange lines on a page or computer screen)
- rechtfertigen verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- rechtfertigen verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
Greek
4 entries- αιτιολογώ verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- δικαιολογώ verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- δικαιολογώ verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- δικαιώνω verb (to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin)
Hungarian
4 entries- igazol verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- igazít verb (arrange lines on a page or computer screen)
- indokol verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- indokol verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
Italian
3 entries- giustificare verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- giustificare verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- giustificare verb (arrange lines on a page or computer screen)
Japanese
1 entries- 言い開く verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
Kazakh
1 entries- ақтау verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
Latin
2 entries- iustifico verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- iustifico verb (arrange lines on a page or computer screen)
Lithuanian
2 entries- pasiteisinti verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- pateisinti verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
Macedonian
2 entries- оправда verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- оправдува verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
Malay
1 entries- justifikasikan verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
Māori
4 entries- parahau verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- parahau verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- tautoko verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- whaihuruhuru verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- begrunne verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- begrunne verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- rettferdiggjøre verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
Occitan
1 entries- justificar verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
Persian
1 entries- توجیه کردن verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
Polabian
1 entries- antvardol să verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
Polish
4 entries- usprawiedliwiać verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- usprawiedliwiać verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- usprawiedliwić verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- usprawiedliwić verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
Portuguese
4 entries- absolver verb (to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin)
- justificar verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- justificar verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- justificar verb (arrange lines on a page or computer screen)
Romanian
1 entries- justifica verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
Russian
4 entries- вы́ровнять verb (arrange lines on a page or computer screen)
- выра́внивать verb (arrange lines on a page or computer screen)
- извини́ть verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- извиня́ть verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
Scots
2 entries- justifee verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- justifee verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- prȃvdati verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- òprāvdati verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- о̀пра̄вдати verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- пра̑вдати verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
Slovak
2 entries- ospravedlniť verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- ospravedlňovať verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
Slovene
2 entries- upravičevati verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- upravičiti verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
Spanish
4 entries- absolver verb (to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin)
- ameritar verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- cohonestar verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- explicar verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
Swedish
3 entries- frita från skuld verb (to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin)
- rättfärdiga verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- rättfärdiggöra verb (to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin)
Turkish
4 entries- ayarlamak verb (arrange lines on a page or computer screen)
- doğrulamak verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
- haklı göstermek verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- hizaya sokmak verb (arrange lines on a page or computer screen)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́правдати verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- ви́рівняти verb (arrange lines on a page or computer screen)
- випра́вдувати verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- виправдо́вувати verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
Welsh
2 entries- cyfiawnhau verb (provide an acceptable explanation)
- cyfiawnhau verb (excuse something bad, warrant)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
How can you justify your rude behavior?
Source: tatoeba (38358)
How can you justify your behavior?
Source: tatoeba (66277)
Can you justify your action?
Source: tatoeba (69271)
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