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Verbs (10)
justify
v. adjust the content of a register to the left or to the right
adjust the spaces
v. adjust the spaces between words; "justify the margins"
vindicate
v. show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim"
warrant
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"
free, absolve
v. let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
excuse, rationalize, apologize, apologise
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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Fuzzynyms (79)
discharge, clear, acquit, assoil, exonerate, exculpate
v. pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
excuse, rationalize, justify, apologize, apologise
v. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
free, justify, absolve
v. let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
support, defend, fend for
v. argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"
validate, corroborate
v. give evidence for
excuse, relieve, exempt, let off
v. grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
claim, postulate, contend, affirm strongly, assert strongly
v. assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar"
fence, debate, contend, argue
v. have an argument about something
squeal, confess, shrive
v. confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
discharge, clear, acquit, assoil, exonerate, exculpate
v. pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
justify, vindicate
v. show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim"
purify, sanctify, declare holy, declare pure, free from sin
v. make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
cleanse, denazify, free from Nazi ideology
v. clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"
strike, excise, expunge
v. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
cut, bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, shorten
v. cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape"
purge, rid of impurities
v. rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
sublimate, distill, purify, make pure, remove impurities from
v. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
reason, argue
v. present reasons and arguments
justify, vindicate
v. show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim"
merit, rate, deserve, be worthy of, be worth
v. be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
account for, be the explanation for, be the reason 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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Antonyms (7)
fault, blame
v. put or pin the blame on
charge, criminate, accuse, impeach, incriminate
v. blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged thee director with indifference"
justify
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