justifying

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justifying

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of justify

noun justifyings

  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.

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Closest in meaning: rationalize, warrant, excuse, vindicate, apologize, absolve, apologise, free, justification, confirming, rationale, substantiate, explaining, warranting, warranted, supporting

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@misc{justifying_2026,
  title = {justifying},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/justifying},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}