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Definition of Justified
1. Adjective. Having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins.
Definition of Justified
1. Adjective. Having a justification. ¹
2. Verb. (past of justify) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Justified
1. justify [v] - See also: justify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Justified
Literary usage of Justified
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"The deaths of Maximian and Licinius may perhaps be justified by the maxims of
policy, as they ai* of his soul, may be justified by the dangers of his own ..."
2. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"... by devotion and eth us.tbat after we be justified we must also unto them, ...
to be done to God and in of everlasting Life, and we being justified be ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"It is not denied that the defendants are justified if the law is valid. We find
nothing in the record which would warrant us in disturbing the decree of the ..."