Definition of "justifying" []

• Present participle of justify. (verb)

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• "Obama shouldn't was a nano-second of his term justifying anything to his naysayers, and like FDR, steamroll his way to national resurrection."
• "I also object to using the term 'dickhead' in the ad as many students will use this term justifying it by the fact that it was in a VicRoads ad so it must be OK to say it."
• "Even if the results of such lazy ideas lead to more work (in justifying it, fixing unintended consequences, etc), at least it is more comforting in that they had their way and any subsequent mess derived from the initial fury can be dealt with in the same way."