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self-justify

self-justify verb: to provide self-justification, to justify or excuse oneself or itself.

Verb

self-justify (third-person singular simple present self-justifies, present participle self-justifying, simple past and past participle self-justified)

  1. To provide self-justification, to justify or excuse oneself or itself.

Forms of self-justify

third-person singular presentself-justifies
present participleself-justifying
past participleself-justified
pastself-justified

Origin of self-justify

From self- + justify.

Questions about self-justify

What does self-justify mean?
Self-justify means to provide self-justification, to justify or excuse oneself or itself.
What part of speech is self-justify?
Self-justify is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-justify?
The past tense of self-justify is self-justified.

Words near self-justify in the dictionary

  1. self-justificatory
  2. self-justified
  3. self-justifier
  4. self-justifiers
  5. self-justifies
  6. self-justify
  7. self-justifying
  8. self-kill
  9. self-killed
  10. self-killer
  11. self-killers

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