JUSTIFY Copy link • JUSTIFYTo clear from blame, excuse, purgare aliquem or aliquid: excusare aliquem or aliquid [SYN. in To EXCUSE]; aliquem culpā liberare: ab aliquo culpam demovere. To justify anybody in any matter, aliquem purgare de re (in Liv., 27, 28, alicujus rei): culpam alicujus rei demovere ab aliquo: aliquem defendere de aliqua re. To justify himself, se purgare or excusare; to anybody, se purgare alicui (Caes., B.G., 1, 28); to anybody’s satisfaction, satisfacere alicui: for the purpose of justifying themselves, sui purgandi causa. To think one’s self justified in doing so and so, putare aliquid sibi licere, etc. To pronounce just, justum declarare aliquem (☞ but justificare as technical term, to avoid ambiguity).