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v. adjust the content of a register to the left or to the right

v. adjust the spaces between words; "justify the margins"

v. show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means"

absolve, justify, free

v. let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"

apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise

v. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"

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contend, postulate

v. maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future"

argue, contend, debate, fence

v. have an argument about something

confess, squeal, fink

v. confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate

v. pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"

vindicate

v. clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof; "You must vindicate yourself and fight this libel"

purify

v. become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"

denazify

v. free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance; "Germany was denazified after WW II"; "The highest judges were never denazified"

excise

v. remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"

shorten

v. make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"

purge

v. rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"

purify, sublimate, make pure, distill

v. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"

argue, reason

v. present reasons and arguments

vindicate

v. clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof; "You must vindicate yourself and fight this libel"

rate

v. be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly"

account for

v. be the reason or explanation for; "The recession accounts for the slow retail business"

explain

v. define; "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"

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blame, fault

v. put or pin the blame on

charge, accuse

v. blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference"

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