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Definition of justify : 1. To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.
2. To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4.
3. To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear.
4. To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.
5. To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
6. To qualify ( one's self) as a surely by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
7. To show ( a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a change or accusation.
8. To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
9. To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.

Synonyms:

vindicate, acquit, sustain, true, apologise, assert, guarantee, resign, attest, create, unblock, pardon, vouch for, make, evidence, absolve, occasion, unloosen, make good, liberate, capitalise, start off, favor, brief, set off, maintain, corroborate, apologize, rid, bold, unfreeze, copperplate, catalyze, bear out, beg off, warrant, shrive, show, bring about, prove, dotted line, answer for, back, right, release, discharge, unloose, testify, font, give up, account for, validate, prune, uphold, capitalize, disembarrass, palliate, call for, relinquish, form, verify, make/prove your/a point, inaugurate, exempt, cut, clear, substantiate, stand up for, exculpate, disengage, condemn, advocate, rationalise, condone, support, free, let off, full-page, countenance, authenticate, format, relieve, galley, convict, trigger, loose, certify, champion, invent, point to, dislodge, confirm

describe, clarify, explain, explicate, rationalize, account

begging

rebut, refute, acknowledge, defend, object, answer, react, expound, deny, respond, echo, retort, return, reply

beg, allege, plead, excuse

Usage examples:

• And I know him well enough to be sure that he has tried to see you again, to justify himself? - "The Guests Of Hercules", C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson.
• " At this very moment; I leave you forever, and may time justify you! - "Child of a Century, v3", Alfred de Musset.
• " I shall do so," replied the emperor, " and it is my conviction that he will be able to justify himself completely." - "Andreas Hofer", Lousia Muhlbach.