Meaning

3 senses
  1. One who, or that which, justifies some belief or action.

  2. One who pardons and absolves from guilt and punishment.

  3. A machine, program or algorithm that justifies text by aligning it.

More definitions
  • a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution

Origin

From justify + -er.

From justify + -er.

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Forms

plural: justifiers
Singularjustifier
Pluraljustifiers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedjustify

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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