justifying

The word “justifying” has 4 syllables: jus-ti-fy-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈdʒʌs.tɪ.faɪ.ɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for justifying?

In the thesaurus, “justifying” has 91 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for justifying along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for justifying

advocating
affirming
alibiing
allegorical
analytical
annotative
arguing
asserting
averring
avouching
avowing
championing
claiming
condoning
confirmation
confirming
contending
critical
debating
declarative
defending
demonstrative
diagrammatic
diminishing
discursive
discussing
disregarding
elucidative
elucidatory
emphasizing
enlightening
espousing
examining
excusing
exegetic
exegetical
explaining
explaining away
explanative
explicative
expositional
expositive
expository
forgiving
graphic
guiding
hermeneutic
hermeneutical
ignoring
illuminative
illustrative
informative
informing
insisting
instructive
interpretative
interpretive
lessening
maintaining
mitigating
moderating
palliating
pardoning
passing over
pleading
proclaiming
professing
protesting
qualifying
rationalizing
reducing
remitting
sanitizing
shrugging off
softening
standing up for
stating
sticking up for
stressing
summary
supplementary
supporting
testing
underlining
underscoring
upholding
varnishing
verifying
vindicating
warranting
whitewashing

Antonyms for justifying

abandoning
abjuring
confusing
controverting
disproving
forsaking
mysterious
obscure
perplexing
puzzling
rebutting
recanting
refuting
retracting
reversing
switching
taking back
vague
withdrawing

Meanings of justifying

verb
1. To provide an acceptable explanation for.
2. To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant.
3. To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
4. To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
5. To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
6. To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
7. To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.
8. To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
noun
1. A process of justification.

Example Sentences

She spent a lot of time justifying her choices to the committee.
The manager is justifying the increased budget with projected benefits.
They are justifying the delay due to unexpected technical issues.
Justifying the expense proved difficult without clear evidence.
He avoided justifying his actions during the meeting.

On this page you'll find 110 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to justifying, such as: abandoning, abjuring, advocating, affirming, alibiing, allegorical, analytical.

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