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English word justify comes from Latin justus, Latin facio, Latin ficare, and later Old French justifier (To show to be innocent.)

justus (Latin)

facio (Latin)

I appoint.. I do. I make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect. I make, produce, compose.

ficare (Latin)

justificare (Late Latin)

iustificare (Latin)

iustificare (Late Latin)

justifier (Old French)

To show to be innocent.

justifien (Middle English)

justify (English)

(legal) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.. (legal) 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.. (transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.. (transitive) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends [...]

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