Justify

//ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪ//

Synonyms for "justify" (92 found)

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7 relation types

Translations

161 translations across 42 languages.

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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.

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Can you justify the use of violence?

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How can you justify your rude behavior?

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How can you justify your behavior?

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Can you justify your action?

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Showing 4 of 26 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.