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{
"text": "How can you justify spending so much money on clothes?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Paying too much for car insurance is not justified.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:",
"text": "What in me is dark\nIllumine, what is low raise and support;\nThat to the highth of this great Argument\nI may assert th’ Eternal Providence,\nAnd justifie the wayes of God to men.",
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{
"ref": "2023 August 23, Anthony Lambert, “Expanding the family and disabled markets”, in RAIL, number 990, page 53:",
"text": "Like all public expenditure, Access for All has to compete with other deserving demands. For example, how can you justify spending a couple of million pounds installing lifts at a station such as Achnasheen, which has 2,420 annual users, when that sum would buy a life-saving machine for a hospital? How do you decide on a minimum number of annual station users to justify that expenditure?",
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"(transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for."
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"_dis1": "71 16 2 2 3 2 2 3",
"code": "sq",
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"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "arsyetoj"
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"word": "بَرَّرَ"
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"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "辯解"
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"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "retfærdiggøre"
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"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
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"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "perustella"
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"word": "justifier"
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"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "xustificar"
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"word": "გამართლება"
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"word": "言い開く"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "whakawhaihuruhuru"
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{
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"word": "tautoko"
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"word": "parahau"
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"word": "begrunne"
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"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "rettferdiggjøre"
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"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "justificar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 16 2 2 3 2 2 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tojih kardan",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "توجیه کردن"
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"code": "pox",
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"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "antvardol să"
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"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "justificar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 16 2 2 3 2 2 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "justifica"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "oprávdyvatʹ",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "опра́вдывать"
},
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"roman": "opravdátʹ",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "оправда́ть"
},
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"_dis1": "71 16 2 2 3 2 2 3",
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"roman": "obʺjasnjátʹ",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
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],
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],
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"word": "justifee"
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"_dis1": "71 16 2 2 3 2 2 3",
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
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"word": "пра̑вдати"
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"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
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"word": "òprāvdati"
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"_dis1": "71 16 2 2 3 2 2 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ospravedlňovať"
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"_dis1": "71 16 2 2 3 2 2 3",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "upravičevati"
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{
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
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"_dis1": "71 16 2 2 3 2 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "legitimar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 16 2 2 3 2 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "justificar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 16 2 2 3 2 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "explicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 16 2 2 3 2 2 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "rättfärdiga"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 16 2 2 3 2 2 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "haklı göstermek"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 16 2 2 3 2 2 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vyprávduvaty",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "випра́вдувати"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 16 2 2 3 2 2 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výpravdaty",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ви́правдати"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 16 2 2 3 2 2 3",
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "vypravdóvuvaty",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "виправдо́вувати"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 16 2 2 3 2 2 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "oprávduvaty",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "опра́вдувати"
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{
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "opravdáty",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
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"word": "оправда́ти"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "cyfiawnhau"
}
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Nothing can justify your rude behaviour last night.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1861, Edward Everett, The Great Issues Now Before the Country, An oration delivered at the New York Academy of Music, July 4, 1861, New York: James G. Gregory, page 8:",
"text": "Unless the oppression is so extreme as to justify revolution, it would not justify the evil of breaking up a government, under an abstract constitutional right to do so.",
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"glosses": [
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"_dis1": "27 53 1 0 8 0 8 2",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "shpjegoj"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 53 1 0 8 0 8 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sawwaḡa",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "سَوَّغَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 53 1 0 8 0 8 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "objasnjávam",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обясня́вам"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 53 1 0 8 0 8 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "objasnjá",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "обясня́"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 53 1 0 8 0 8 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izvinjávam",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"tags": [
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"prove"
],
[
"in the right",
"in the right"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(reflexive) To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right."
],
"tags": [
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act V, scene 1]:",
"text": "She is not dead at Tarsus, as she should have been,\nBy savage Cleon: she shall tell thee all;\nWhen thou shalt kneel, and justify in knowledge\nShe is thy very princess.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:",
"text": "[…] say\nMy wife’s a hobby-horse, deserves a name\nAs rank as any flax-wench that puts to\nBefore her troth-plight: say’t and justify’t.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To prove; to ratify; to confirm."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To prove; to ratify; to confirm."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Law"
],
"glosses": [
"To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation."
],
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(law) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation."
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Law"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1839, John Bouvier, A Law Dictionary Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America and of the Several States of the American Union, volume I, Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson, page 557:",
"text": "J'USTIFYING BAIL, practice, is the production of bail in court, who there justify' themselves against the exception of the plaintiff.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property."
],
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"qualify",
"qualify"
],
[
"surety",
"surety"
],
[
"oath",
"oath"
],
[
"property",
"property"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(law) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property."
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪ/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-justify.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5e/En-us-justify.ogg/En-us-justify.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/En-us-justify.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "justifie"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "arsyetoj"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "barrara",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "بَرَّرَ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "apráŭdvacʹ",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "апра́ўдваць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "apraŭdácʹ",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "апраўда́ць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "opravdávam",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "оправда́вам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "opravdája",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "оправда́я"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "justificar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "辯解"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biànjiě",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "辩解"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "辯護"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biànhù",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "辩护"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "聲辯"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngbiàn",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "声辩"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "obhajovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "obhájit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ospravedlňovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ospravedlnit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "begrunde"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "retfærdiggøre"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "rechtvaardigen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "argumenti"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "motivi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "perustella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "justifier"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "xustificar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gamartleba",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "გამართლება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "axsna",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "ახსნა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ganmarṭeba",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "განმარტება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "rechtfertigen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dikaiologó",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "δικαιολογώ"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aitiologó",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "αιτιολογώ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "indokol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "igazol"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "giustificare"
},
{
"alt": "いいひらく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iihiraku",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "言い開く"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "aqtau",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "ақтау"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "pateisinti"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "pasiteisinti"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "opravduva",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "оправдува"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "opravda",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "оправда"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "whakawhaihuruhuru"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "tautoko"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "parahau"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "begrunne"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "rettferdiggjøre"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "justificar"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tojih kardan",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "توجیه کردن"
},
{
"code": "pox",
"lang": "Polabian",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "antvardol să"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "uzasadniać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "uzasadnić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "usprawiedliwiać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "usprawiedliwić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "justificar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "justifica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oprávdyvatʹ",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "опра́вдывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "opravdátʹ",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "оправда́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obʺjasnjátʹ",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "объясня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obʺjasnítʹ",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "объясни́ть"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "justifee"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пра̑вдати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "о̀пра̄вдати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "prȃvdati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "òprāvdati"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ospravedlňovať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ospravedlniť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "upravičevati"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "upravičiti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "legitimar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "justificar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "explicar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "rättfärdiga"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "haklı göstermek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vyprávduvaty",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "випра́вдувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výpravdaty",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ви́правдати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vypravdóvuvaty",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "виправдо́вувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "oprávduvaty",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "опра́вдувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "opravdáty",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "оправда́ти"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "provide an acceptable explanation",
"word": "cyfiawnhau"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "shpjegoj"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sawwaḡa",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "سَوَّغَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "objasnjávam",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обясня́вам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "objasnjá",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обясня́"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izvinjávam",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "извиня́вам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izvinjá",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "извиня́"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "justificar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "ospravedlnit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "begrunde"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "rechtvaardigen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "argumenti"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "motivi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "oikeuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "perustella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "justifier"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gamartleba",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "გამართლება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "axsna",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "ახსნა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mṭḳiceba",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "მტკიცება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dasabuteba",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "დასაბუთება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "rechtfertigen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dikaiologó",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "δικαιολογώ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "indokol"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "giustificare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "iustifico"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "justifikasikan"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "whaihuruhuru"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "begrunne"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "uzasadniać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "uzasadnić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "usprawiedliwiać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "usprawiedliwić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "justificar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obʺjasnjátʹ",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "объясня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obʺjasnítʹ",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "объясни́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obosnóvyvatʹ",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обосно́вывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obosnovátʹ",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обоснова́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izvinjátʹ",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "извиня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izvinítʹ",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "извини́ть"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "justifee"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "legitimar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "justificar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "merecer"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "meritar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "ameritar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "doğrulamak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"possibly"
],
"word": "teyyit etmek"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "give a good, acceptable reason for something",
"word": "cyfiawnhau"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podravnjávam",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подравня́вам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podravnjá",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подравня́"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "justificar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "zarovnat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "uitlijnen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "tehdä tasapalstaksi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "tasata molempiin reunoihin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "justifier"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gasc̣oreba",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "გასწორება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sc̣oreba",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "სწორება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "ausrichten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "justieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "efthygrammízo",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "ευθυγραμμίζω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "stoichízo",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "στοιχίζω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "igazít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "rendez"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "giustificare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "iustifico"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "whakatautika"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "wyjustować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "justificar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyrávnivatʹ",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выра́внивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výrovnjatʹ",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́ровнять"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "justificar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "ayarlamak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"word": "hizaya sokmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vyrívnjuvaty",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вирі́внювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výrivnjaty",
"sense": "arrange lines on a page or computer screen",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ви́рівняти"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oproštávam",
"sense": "to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "опроща́вам"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dikaióno",
"sense": "to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin",
"word": "δικαιώνω"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin",
"word": "absolver"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otpuskátʹ grexí",
"sense": "to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отпуска́ть грехи́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otpustítʹ grexí",
"sense": "to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отпусти́ть грехи́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin",
"word": "absolver"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin",
"word": "frita från skuld"
}
],
"word": "justify"
}
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