justify

justifier

Expliquer pourquoi une action ou une décision était bonne ou nécessaire.

En anglais simple : If you do this, you explain why an action or decision was right or necessary.

• Can you justify your decision?
• She justified the expense by explaining its benefits.
• They could not justify spending so much on decorations.

Comment l'utiliser : justify doing something (How can you justify buying another car?); justify something to someone (He justified his decision to the manager.)

Synonymes : defend, explain

Expressions courantes : justify a decision, justify something to someone, justify spending money, justify an expense

justifier

Faire paraître acceptable une mauvaise méthode grâce au résultat qu’elle permet d’obtenir.

En anglais simple : If a result does this, it makes a bad way of achieving it seem acceptable.

• Does success justify dishonest methods?
• A good result does not always justify the means.
• He thought winning justified the lies he told.

Synonymes : warrant

Expressions courantes : justify the means, justify bad methods, justify an action, justify rude behavior

justifier

Disposer les lignes d’un texte pour que leurs bords gauche et droit soient alignés.

En anglais simple : To arrange writing so that both edges of the lines are straight.

• Please justify the text.
• She justified every paragraph in the report.
• Can this editor justify text automatically?

Expressions courantes : justify text, justify a paragraph