justify

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1. 1.To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear. I can not justify whom the law condemns. Shak.
2. 2.(Theol.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve. By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. Acts xiii.
3. 3.4. To prove; to ratify; to confirm. [Obs.] Shak.
4. 4.(Print.) To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4.
5. 5.(Print.) To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.
6. 6.(Law) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear. I can not justify whom the law condemns. Shak called?
• What is 4. To prove; to ratify; to confirm. [Obs.] Shak called?
• What is to make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4 called?
• What is to form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly called?
• What is to take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety called?