Clues for the word "JUSTIFY"
We've had 8 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 8 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on July 01, 2025.
Definition of justify
- a. - To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.
- a. - 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.
- a. - To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
- a. - To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
- a. - To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4.
- v. i. - To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.
- v. i. - To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
Referring Clues
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 01, 2025
- New York Times - February 03, 2022
- Guardian Quick - April 06, 2013
- LA Times - September 17, 2011
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 30, 2010
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 26, 2009
- USA Today - November 02, 2006
- Guardian Cryptic - December 14, 1999