"justified" meaning in English

See justified in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪd/ Audio: en-us-justified.ogg [US] Forms: more justified [comparative], most justified [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} justified (comparative more justified, superlative most justified)
  1. Having a justification. Translations (having a justification): апра́ўданы (apráŭdany) (Belarusian), апраўда́ны (apraŭdány) (Belarusian), опра́вдан (oprávdan) (Bulgarian), justificat [masculine] (Catalan), berettiget (Danish), gerechtvaardigd (Dutch), rættvísgjørdur (Faroese), perusteltu (Finnish), aiheellinen (Finnish), justifié (French), motivé (French), gerechtfertigt (German), réttnefndur (Icelandic), giustificato (Italian), iūstus (Latin), uprawniony (Polish), опра́вданный (oprávdannyj) (Russian), justificado (Spanish), rättfärdigad (Swedish), ви́правданий (výpravdanyj) (Ukrainian), جائز (jā'iz) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-justified-en-adj-WPcUEATy Disambiguation of 'having a justification': 97 3
  2. (typography) Of text, arranged on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned. Categories (topical): Typography Translations (having lines arranged on a page or computer screen): tasattu (Finnish), justifié (French), sorkizárt (Hungarian), tömbös (Hungarian), 揃え (soroe) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-justified-en-adj-h20N0YNe Topics: media, publishing, typography Disambiguation of 'having lines arranged on a page or computer screen': 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forced justified, justifiedly, justifiedness, left-justified, right-justified, unjustified, fully justified, entirely justified, perfectly justified, completely justified, quite justified, well justified, objectively justified, substantially justified, amply justified, often justified, more justified, morally justified, economically justified

Verb

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪd/ Audio: en-us-justified.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} justified
  1. simple past and past participle of justify Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: justify
    Sense id: en-justified-en-verb-Yrv-vyoO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 21 76

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