Explain vs. Justify
Explainverb
To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
Explainverb
To give a valid excuse for some past behavior.
Explainverb
(obsolete) To make flat, smooth out.
Explainverb
(obsolete) To unfold or make visible.
Explainverb
To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.
Explainverb
To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.
Explainverb
To give an explanation.
Explainverb
make palin and comprehensible;
Explainverb
define;
Explainverb
serve as a reason or cause or justification of;
Explainverb
make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts
Explainverb
give a reason so as to justify or excuse (an action or event)
Explainverb
be the cause of or motivating factor for
Explainverb
minimize the significance of an embarrassing fact or action by giving an excuse or justification
Justifyverb
(transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
Justifyverb
(transitive) To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant.
Justifyverb
(transitive) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
Justifyverb
(transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
Justifyverb
(reflexive) To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
Justifyverb
To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
Justifyverb
(legal) 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.
Justifyverb
(legal) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
Justifyverb
To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.
Justifyverb
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.
Justifyverb
To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
Justifyverb
To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
Justifyverb
To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to align (text) at the left (left justify) or right (right justify) margins of a column or page, or at both margins; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4.
Justifyverb
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.
Justifyverb
To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.
Justifyverb
To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
Justifyverb
show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for;
Justifyverb
show to be right by providing justification or proof;
Justifyverb
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning;
Justifyverb
let off the hook;
Justifyverb
adjust the spaces between words;
