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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 right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim"

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"

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"

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"

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