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justifying

[ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪɪŋ]
verb (present participle/gerund)
justificando
1. providing or showing a good or valid reason for something
He is justifying his absence from the meeting.
Ele está justificando sua ausência da reunião.
2. proving or showing to be right or reasonable
The results are justifying our investment in this project.
Os resultados estão justificando nosso investimento neste projeto.
3. in typography, aligning text evenly along both left and right margins
Justifying the text makes the document look more formal.
Justificar o texto faz o documento parecer mais formal.
Synonyms
explainingdefendingvindicatingwarrantingsubstantiating
Antonyms
condemningdisprovingrefutinginvalidating

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
justificando
standard usage across all contexts
Portugal
justificando
identical usage in European Portuguese
São Paulo
justificando
no regional variation

Related Idioms & Phrases

justifying the means
leave no justification for
beyond justification
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