justify

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• /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪ/
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From Middle English justifien, from Old French justifier, from Late Latin justificare (“make just”), from Latin justus, iustus (“just”) + ficare (“make”), from facere, equivalent to just + -ify.

162 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: arsyetoj — provide an acceptable explanation
• Arabic: بَرَّرَ (barrara) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Belarusian: апра́ўдваць (apráwdvacʹ) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Belarusian: апраўда́ць (aprawdácʹ) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Bulgarian: оправда́вам (opravdávam) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Bulgarian: оправда́я (opravdája) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Catalan: justificar — provide an acceptable explanation
• Chinese Mandarin: 辯解 /辩解 (biànjiě) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Chinese Mandarin: 辯護 /辩护 (biànhù) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Chinese Mandarin: 聲辯 /声辩 (shēngbiàn) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Czech: obhajovat — provide an acceptable explanation
• Czech: obhájit — provide an acceptable explanation
• Czech: ospravedlňovat — provide an acceptable explanation
• Czech: ospravedlnit — provide an acceptable explanation
• Danish: begrunde — provide an acceptable explanation
• Danish: retfærdiggøre — provide an acceptable explanation
• Dutch: rechtvaardigen — provide an acceptable explanation
• Esperanto: argumenti — provide an acceptable explanation
• Esperanto: motivi — provide an acceptable explanation
• Finnish: perustella — provide an acceptable explanation
• French: justifier — provide an acceptable explanation
• Galician: xustificar — provide an acceptable explanation
• Georgian: გამართლება (gamartleba) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Georgian: ახსნა (axsna) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Georgian: განმარტება (ganmarṭeba) — provide an acceptable explanation
• German: rechtfertigen — provide an acceptable explanation
• Greek: δικαιολογώ (dikaiologó) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Greek: αιτιολογώ (aitiologó) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Hungarian: indokol — provide an acceptable explanation
• Hungarian: igazol — provide an acceptable explanation
• Italian: giustificare — provide an acceptable explanation
• Japanese: 言い開く (iihiraku) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Kazakh: ақтау (aqtau) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Lithuanian: pateisinti — provide an acceptable explanation
• Lithuanian: pasiteisinti — provide an acceptable explanation
• Macedonian: оправдува (opravduva) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Macedonian: оправда (opravda) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Māori: whakawhaihuruhuru — provide an acceptable explanation
• Māori: tautoko — provide an acceptable explanation
• Māori: parahau — provide an acceptable explanation
• Norwegian Bokmål: begrunne — provide an acceptable explanation
• Norwegian Bokmål: rettferdiggjøre — provide an acceptable explanation
• Occitan: justificar — provide an acceptable explanation
• Persian: توجیه کردن (tojih kardan) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Polabian: antvardol să — provide an acceptable explanation
• Polish: uzasadniać — provide an acceptable explanation
• Polish: uzasadnić — provide an acceptable explanation
• Polish: usprawiedliwiać — provide an acceptable explanation
• Polish: usprawiedliwić — provide an acceptable explanation
• Portuguese: justificar — provide an acceptable explanation
• Romanian: justifica — provide an acceptable explanation
• Russian: опра́вдывать (oprávdyvatʹ) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Russian: оправда́ть (opravdátʹ) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Russian: объясня́ть (obʺjasnjátʹ) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Russian: объясни́ть (obʺjasnítʹ) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Scots: justifee — provide an acceptable explanation
• Serbo-Croatian: пра̑вдати — provide an acceptable explanation
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀пра̄вдати — provide an acceptable explanation
• Serbo-Croatian: prȃvdati — provide an acceptable explanation
• Serbo-Croatian: òprāvdati — provide an acceptable explanation
• Slovak: ospravedlňovať — provide an acceptable explanation
• Slovak: ospravedlniť — provide an acceptable explanation
• Slovene: upravičevati — provide an acceptable explanation
• Slovene: upravičiti — provide an acceptable explanation
• Spanish: legitimar — provide an acceptable explanation
• Spanish: justificar — provide an acceptable explanation
• Spanish: explicar — provide an acceptable explanation
• Spanish: razonar — provide an acceptable explanation
• Swedish: rättfärdiga — provide an acceptable explanation
• Turkish: haklı göstermek — provide an acceptable explanation
• Ukrainian: випра́вдувати (vyprávduvaty) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Ukrainian: ви́правдати (výpravdaty) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Ukrainian: виправдо́вувати (vypravdóvuvaty) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Ukrainian: опра́вдувати (oprávduvaty) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Ukrainian: оправда́ти (opravdáty) — provide an acceptable explanation
• Welsh: cyfiawnhau — provide an acceptable explanation
• Albanian: shpjegoj — excuse something bad, warrant
• Arabic: سَوَّغَ (sawwaḡa) — excuse something bad, warrant
• Bulgarian: обясня́вам (objasnjávam) — excuse something bad, warrant
• Bulgarian: обясня́ (objasnjá) — excuse something bad, warrant
• Bulgarian: извиня́вам (izvinjávam) — excuse something bad, warrant
• Bulgarian: извиня́ (izvinjá) — excuse something bad, warrant
• Catalan: justificar — excuse something bad, warrant
• Czech: ospravedlnit — excuse something bad, warrant
• Danish: begrunde — excuse something bad, warrant
• Dutch: rechtvaardigen — excuse something bad, warrant
• Esperanto: argumenti — excuse something bad, warrant
• Esperanto: motivi — excuse something bad, warrant
• Finnish: oikeuttaa — excuse something bad, warrant
• Finnish: perustella — excuse something bad, warrant
• French: justifier — excuse something bad, warrant
• Georgian: გამართლება (gamartleba) — excuse something bad, warrant
• Georgian: ახსნა (axsna) — excuse something bad, warrant
• Georgian: მტკიცება (mṭḳiceba) — excuse something bad, warrant
• Georgian: დასაბუთება (dasabuteba) — excuse something bad, warrant
• German: rechtfertigen — excuse something bad, warrant
• Greek: δικαιολογώ (dikaiologó) — excuse something bad, warrant
• Hungarian: indokol — excuse something bad, warrant
• Italian: giustificare — excuse something bad, warrant
• Latin: iustifico — excuse something bad, warrant
• Malay: justifikasikan — excuse something bad, warrant
• Māori: whaihuruhuru — excuse something bad, warrant
• Māori: parahau — excuse something bad, warrant
• Norwegian Bokmål: begrunne — excuse something bad, warrant
• Polish: uzasadniać — excuse something bad, warrant
• Polish: uzasadnić — excuse something bad, warrant
• Polish: usprawiedliwiać — excuse something bad, warrant
• Polish: usprawiedliwić — excuse something bad, warrant
• Portuguese: justificar — excuse something bad, warrant
• Russian: объясня́ть (obʺjasnjátʹ) — excuse something bad, warrant
• Russian: объясни́ть (obʺjasnítʹ) — excuse something bad, warrant
• Russian: обосно́вывать (obosnóvyvatʹ) — excuse something bad, warrant
• Russian: обоснова́ть (obosnovátʹ) — excuse something bad, warrant
• Russian: извиня́ть (izvinjátʹ) — excuse something bad, warrant
• Russian: извини́ть (izvinítʹ) — excuse something bad, warrant
• Scots: justifee — excuse something bad, warrant
• Spanish: legitimar — excuse something bad, warrant
• Spanish: justificar — excuse something bad, warrant
• Spanish: merecer — excuse something bad, warrant
• Spanish: meritar — excuse something bad, warrant
• Spanish: ameritar — excuse something bad, warrant
• Spanish: cohonestar — excuse something bad, warrant
• Turkish: doğrulamak — excuse something bad, warrant
• Turkish: teyyit etmek — excuse something bad, warrant
• Welsh: cyfiawnhau — excuse something bad, warrant
• Bulgarian: подравня́вам (podravnjávam) — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Bulgarian: подравня́ (podravnjá) — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Catalan: justificar — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Czech: zarovnat — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Dutch: uitlijnen — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Finnish: tehdä tasapalstaksi — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Finnish: tasata molempiin reunoihin — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• French: justifier — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Georgian: გასწორება (gasc̣oreba) — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Georgian: სწორება (sc̣oreba) — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• German: ausrichten — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• German: justieren — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Greek: ευθυγραμμίζω (efthygrammízo) — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Greek: στοιχίζω (stoichízo) — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Hungarian: igazít — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Hungarian: rendez — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Italian: giustificare — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Latin: iustifico — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Māori: whakatautika — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Polish: wyjustować — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Polish: justować — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Portuguese: justificar — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Russian: выра́внивать (vyrávnivatʹ) — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Russian: вы́ровнять (výrovnjatʹ) — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Spanish: justificar — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Turkish: ayarlamak — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Turkish: hizaya sokmak — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Ukrainian: вирі́внювати (vyrívnjuvaty) — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Ukrainian: ви́рівняти (výrivnjaty) — arrange lines on a page or computer screen
• Bulgarian: опроща́вам (oproštávam) — to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin
• Greek: δικαιώνω (dikaióno) — to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin
• Portuguese: absolver — to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin
• Russian: отпуска́ть грехи́ (otpuskátʹ grexí) — to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin
• Russian: отпусти́ть грехи́ (otpustítʹ grexí) — to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin
• Spanish: absolver — to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin
• Swedish: frita från skuld — to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin
• Swedish: rättfärdiggöra — to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin