What's the difference between just and justify?

Just


Definition:

  • (a.) Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons and things.
  • (a.) Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference.
  • (a.) Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.
  • (adv.) Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated.
  • (adv.) Closely; nearly; almost.
  • (adv.) Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.
  • (v. i.) To joust.
  • (n.) A joust.

Example Sentences:

Justify


Definition:

  • (a.) To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.
  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
  • (a.) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
  • (a.) To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4.
  • (v. i.) To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.
  • (v. i.) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) ), nosological frontiers are still unclear and accordingly justify a comparative serological study of M.M., W.M., and B.M.G.
  • (2) This preliminary study estimates the occurrence of concurrent helminth infection in Africa and Brazil to determine whether such an approach is justified epidemiologically.
  • (3) This experience, comparable to that reported by others, suggests that aggressive treatment in the terminal phase of CML is justified only as part of a prospective and well-controlled study.
  • (4) Even after injury to organs, LMWD infusion seems to be beneficial by significantly lowering leucocyte sequestration and could therefore be justified as an addition to the arsenal of interventions used in the treatment of endotoxemia.
  • (5) Although the general guiding principle of pharmacotherapy for anxiety disorders--the lowest effective dose for the shortest possible time--remains, this rule should not interfere with the judicious use of medications as long as the benefits justify it.
  • (6) General anaesthesia with apneic oxygenation may offer the ENT surgeon increased possibilities of exploration and operation at the level of the larynx and trachea, but owing to its biological consequences, it should be used only with circumspection and its indications should be totally justified, for acts of limited duration.
  • (7) Thus neither the presence of changes in RS-T segment or T wave nor the absence of QRS changes are mandatory for the diagnosis of SEMI; this invalidates the common assumption that the diagnosis is not justified unless these conditions are met.
  • (8) By paying attention to the variables that compose the best-interests approach, decision makers can arrive at decisions not to sustain life that are more easily justifiable than with any other approach.
  • (9) Because of the higher cost it is important to review critically the data which would justify their clinical use.
  • (10) All of the parties have been trying to use Greece to their advantage.” On Monday, the governing People’s party pointed to the referendum to justify their decision to impose austerity measures during the height of the economic crisis.
  • (11) Retrograde extrapolation is applicable in the forensic setting with scientific reliability when reasonable and justifiable assumptions are utilized.
  • (12) The conclusions were: the percentage of patients with malnutrition prior to surgery is large enough to justify a routine PRNA; TPN decreases morbidity and mortality in patients with previous good nutritional state but not in those with malnutrition; undernourished patients have a very high rate of complications and surgery should be delayed until a acceptable state of nutrition is achieved.
  • (13) Therefore it is justified to separate the local psychosyndrome which from the external aspect is identical with psychoendocrine psychosyndrome.
  • (14) Trump might claim that the loss of manufacturing jobs or the influx of illegal immigrants from Mexico is a national security crisis that justifies his invocation of this law, and imposition of the tariff.
  • (15) The budget red book contained a chart which suggested that the rich were indeed facing a bigger hit than anyone else, and Liberal Democrats were today pointing to this to justify the austerity package.
  • (16) A question arises, whether it is justifiable to call as "primary" the acquired forms of pulmonary hypertension, since in the majority of cases their secondary nature is evident.
  • (17) The prime minister said that while he was prepared to organise the extraordinary Treasury briefing, he was not prepared to release the government’s independent advice for the public or parliament to justify the rise.
  • (18) Our failure to understand kidney function in the neonate does not justify shifting the blame for unwanted disturbances in fluid and electrolyte balance, metabolic acidosis, and azotemia to a small kidney.
  • (19) The mechanism of these involvements is not known, but their early existence could justify an early treatment even for asymptomatic patients.
  • (20) The recognition of the CCSK cytologic pattern justifies the usage of aggressive preoperative chemotherapy protocols or the indication of surgery avoiding delays.