Emily Dickinson Lexicon

justify (-ing, justified), v. [Fr. justifier < L. jūstificāre, act justly towards, do justice to, make just, pardon, vindicate.] (webplay: even, favor, incivility, just, judge, offender, profaneness, right, Savior, show).

Show to be true; prove to conform to law; maintain the rightness of.