[ˈdʒʌstɪfʌɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- show or prove to be right or reasonable
(e.g: the person appointed has fully justified our confidence)

- declare or make righteous in the sight of God
(e.g: one of the elect, justified by faith)

- adjust (a line of type or piece of text) so that the print fills a space evenly or forms a straight edge at the margin
(e.g: in most European languages you justify text by adding space between letters and words)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘administer justice to’ and ‘inflict a judicial penalty on’): from Old French justifier, from Christian Latin justificare ‘do justice to’, from Latin justus (see just)