justified

1. 1
   adjective

   Backed by a good reason and fair to do, feel, or believe.

   Like having a good reason ready to explain why you did something.

   Her fear was justified when the storm hit the coast hard.

   We felt our complaint was justified after such a long wait.

   Similarwarranted, reasonable, valid, legitimate, well-founded

   Oppositeunjustified, unwarranted, unfounded, groundless

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2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of justify. Use this form for something that already happened.

   She justified her decision to leave the meeting early.

   He justified the extra cost to his parents.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Of text, set so both side edges of every line are straight and even, with word spaces stretched to fit.

   Like books packed tight so both ends of the shelf line up evenly.

   The printed page looked neat because the text was justified.

   She set the report's paragraphs to be justified before printing.

   Oppositeragged

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