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justified

Syllables: jus·ti·fied/ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪd/

justified adjective: having a justification. Also the simple past and past participle of justify.

Adjective

justified (comparative more justified, superlative most justified)

  1. Having a justification.
    • The act was fully justified.
  2. Of text, arranged on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned, with the space between words adjusted as necessary. Also called fully justified to contrast with left-justified and right-justified.

Also used as

justified is also the simple past and past participle of justify.

justified meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Arabic

justified in Tamil

நியாயப்படுத்தப்பட்டது

justified in Urdu

having a justification
جائز jā'iz

justified in Malayalam

ന്യായീകരിക്കപ്പെട്ടു, ന്യായീകരിച്ചു

justified in Arabic

having a justification
مُبَرَّر mubarrar

Examples of justified in a sentence

  • Mirror punishments are often justified by the Biblical phrase 'an eye for an eye'.
  • These additional checks at airports are justified in the name of security.
  • Paying too much for car insurance is not justified.

All 40 example sentences with justified

Antonyms of justified

Forms of justified

comparativemore justified
superlativemost justified

Words formed from justified

Phrases with justified

Questions about justified

What does justified mean?
Justified means having a justification.
What is justified in Tamil?
Justified in Tamil is நியாயப்படுத்தப்பட்டது. See Justified meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is justified?
Justified is an adjective.
How do you pronounce justified?
Justified is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪd/.

Words near justified in the dictionary

  1. justificative
  2. justificator
  3. justificators
  4. justificatory
  5. justifie
  6. justified
  7. justifiedly
  8. justifiedness
  9. justifier
  10. justifiers
  11. justifies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: justified (page history and authors); justified (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); justified (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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