justify (v.)
- absolve
- account
- acquit
- allow
- amnesty
- approve
- argue
- assert
- authenticate
- authorize
- back
- claim
- clear
- compose
- confirm
- contend
- corroborate
- decontaminate
- defend
- demonstrate
- discharge
- dismiss
- exculpate
- excuse
- exempt
- exonerate
- explain
- extenuate
- forgive
- free
- gloss
- impose
- legalize
- legitimate
- legitimatize
- legitimize
- overrun
- palliate
- pardon
- permit
- prove
- purge
- rationalize
- rehabilitate
- reinstate
- release
- remit
- restore
- sanction
- set
- shrive
- substantiate
- support
- sustain
- uphold
- validate
- verify
- vindicate
- warrant
- whitewash
The end must justify the means.
What in me is dark
Illumine, what is low raise and support,
That to the height of this great argument
I may assert eternal Providence,
And justify the ways of God to men.
