justified
/ˈdʒʌstɪˌfaɪd/
adjective
- Having a good reason; reasonable or right.
- Her anger was completely justified given the circumstances.
- The teacher felt that the punishment was justified.
- He believed his decision was justified by the facts.
- In printing or computing, having lines of text aligned evenly on both left and right edges.
- You can select justified alignment in the paragraph settings.
- The essay should be in justified format, not left-aligned.
- Justified text looks cleaner in a newspaper column.
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verb
- Past tense and past participle of justify: to show or prove to be right or reasonable.
- She justified her actions by explaining the emergency.
- The data justified the company's investment in new technology.
- He justified his late arrival by blaming the traffic.