Synonyms for Justifying:

• adj.

  •explanatory (adjective)
  • Annotative,
  • discursive,
  • informing,
  • allegorical,
  • analytical,
  • illustrative,
  • Illuminative,
  • guiding,
  • enlightening,
  • critical,
  • expository,
  • summary,
  • exegetic,
  • demonstrative,
  • informative,
  • graphic,
  • instructive,
  • Hermeneutic,
  • Explicative.
  •extenuating (adjective)
  • moderating,
  • Mitigating,
  • diminishing,
  • Varnishing,
  • sanitizing,
  • Condoning,
  • Palliating,
  • softening,
  • Whitewashing,
  • lessening,
  • reducing,
  • qualifying.
  •interpretative (adjective)
  • elucidative,
  • expositive,
  • Explanative,
  • Hermeneutical.

• n.

  •proving (noun)
  • Examining,
  • confirmation,
  • testing.

• v.

  •account for (verb)
  • clarify,
  • elucidate,
  • justify,
  • resolve.
  •accounting (verb)
  • Explicating,
  • Explaining,
  • accounting,
  • rationalizing,
  • clarifying,
  • Describing.
  •advocate (verb)
  • further,
  • hold with,
  • campaign for,
  • push,
  • give a lift,
  • be in corner,
  • tout,
  • side,
  • bolster,
  • root for,
  • recommend,
  • press for,
  • back,
  • advise,
  • plead for,
  • build up,
  • ride shotgun for,
  • speak for,
  • stump for,
  • give a leg up,
  • propose,
  • brace up,
  • spread around,
  • go to bat for,
  • advance,
  • say so,
  • go for,
  • plump for,
  • champion,
  • bless,
  • get on bandwagon,
  • go with,
  • promote,
  • urge,
  • encourage,
  • run interference for.
  •argue (verb)
  • display,
  • testify,
  • persuade,
  • show,
  • reason,
  • controvert,
  • suggest,
  • manifest,
  • hold,
  • present,
  • appeal,
  • demonstrate,
  • denote,
  • evince,
  • talk into,
  • indicate,
  • witness,
  • imply,
  • attest,
  • exhibit,
  • prevail upon.
  •assert (verb)
  • butt in,
  • protest,
  • cite,
  • affirm,
  • aver,
  • shoot off one's mouth,
  • allege,
  • avow,
  • pronounce,
  • argue,
  • swear,
  • asservate,
  • stress,
  • avouch,
  • put forward,
  • pop off,
  • state,
  • proclaim,
  • say,
  • horn in,
  • profess,
  • predicate,
  • press,
  • shoot one's wad,
  • mouth off.
  •justify (verb)
  • contend,
  • verify,
  • stand up for,
  • pardon,
  • countenance,
  • assert,
  • excuse,
  • claim,
  • show cause,
  • cop a plea,
  • confirm,
  • alibi,
  • favor,
  • rationalize,
  • approve,
  • crawl,
  • advocate,
  • condone,
  • support,
  • vindicate,
  • clear,
  • answer for,
  • rebut,
  • validate,
  • bear out,
  • warrant,
  • make allowances,
  • exonerate,
  • do justice to,
  • palliate,
  • brief,
  • sustain,
  • uphold,
  • be answerable for,
  • legalize,
  • square,
  • explain,
  • establish,
  • acquit,
  • argue for,
  • speak in favor,
  • exculpate,
  • plead,
  • defend,
  • make good,
  • apologize for,
  • maintain.
  •responding (verb)
  • defending,
  • Rebutting,
  • Denying,
  • Responding,
  • Refuting,
  • answering,
  • reacting,
  • Retorting,
  • expounding,
  • echoing,
  • returning,
  • Replying,
  • Objecting,
  • Acknowledging.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • description,
  • Discharging,
  • apology,
  • meriting,
  • espousal,
  • asserting,
  • relinquish,
  • commentary,
  • Excusing,
  • apologize,
  • clearing,
  • freeing,
  • layer,
  • defense,
  • aligning,
  • reasoning,
  • apologetic,
  • disembarrass,
  • Acquitting,
  • defence,
  • echo,
  • report,
  • deserving,
  • Absolving,
  • exculpation,
  • cut,
  • Glossing,
  • rationalisation,
  • explication,
  • arguing,
  • annotation,
  • Disembarrassing,
  • history,
  • explanation,
  • Pardoning,
  • reasserting,
  • Warranting,
  • Maintaining,
  • Legalizing,
  • account,
  • base,
  • liberating,
  • answer,
  • verifying,
  • unfreeze,
  • reply,
  • rationalise,
  • supporting,
  • narration,
  • apologia,
  • Disengaging,
  • recital,
  • excusatory,
  • justification,
  • disengage,
  • retort,
  • Authenticating,
  • relinquishing,
  • championship,
  • tale,
  • rationalising,
  • response,
  • releasing,
  • pruning,
  • substantiating,
  • exoneration,
  • deserve,
  • Establishing,
  • Loosing,
  • Guaranteeing,
  • liberate,
  • Authorizing,
  • Exculpating,
  • Exonerating,
  • Vindicating,
  • assertion,
  • Exempting,
  • rid,
  • definition,
  • Claiming,
  • return,
  • vindication,
  • Apologizing,
  • unloosing,
  • prune,
  • confirming,
  • Dislodging,
  • basis,
  • affirmation,
  • unblocking,
  • apologising,
  • validating,
  • Corroborating,
  • argument,
  • story,
  • compensation,
  • palliative,
  • justificatory,
  • Advocating,
  • advocacy.

Paraphrases for Justifying:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    justify.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    justifications.
  • Verb, past tense
    warranted.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Testifying, verifying, identifying, Signifying, Certifying, rationalizing, Illustrating, support, Explaining, Corroborating, stimulating, legitimising, demonstrating, authorising, confirming, Necessitating, asserting, Indicating, Authorizing, defending, Acknowledging, Citing, Evidencing, Establishing, Discussing, Admitting, motivating, Proving, Warranting, arguing, imposing, Attesting, Describing, Outlining, Permitting, resulting, Declaring, documenting, Underpinning, saying, detailing, underlying, Exhibiting, exhibits, enabling, Granting, Displaying, showing, parts, Requiring, Allowing, surrounding, moving, Applying, Basing, Having, reaching, Stating, Doing.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    supports.
  • Verb, base form
    substantiate, warrant, excuse, merit, condone.