日本語WordNet
show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means"
show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim"
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
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To show or prove to be right or reasonable; to provide adequate grounds for; in typography, to adjust text to align with margins.
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The parliament debated legislation concerning the environment, with lawmakers seeking to justify stringent regulations protecting natural heritage.
議会は環境に関する法律を議論し、議員は自然遺産を保護する厳格な規制を正当化しようとした。
Critics argue that utilitarianism can justify harmful actions to minorities.
批評家は功利主義が少数派への有害な行為を正当化し得ると主張している。
She questioned how the corporation justified such excessive compensation for executives despite declining profits substantially.
彼女は、利益が大幅に減少しているにもかかわらず、企業が幹部に対してこのような過度の報酬をどのように正当化するのかを疑問視しました。
Never before has verbal rebellion seemed so intellectually justified in contemporary experimental writing and composition.
現代の実験的著述と作曲において、言語的反逆がこれほど知的に正当化されたことはかつてなかった。
Pronunciation data from ipa-dict (MIT License) based on cmudict-ipa by @lingz