justifier

From justify + -er.

justifier (plural justifiers)

1. (chiefly philosophy) One who, or that which, justifies some belief or action.
2. One who pardons and absolves from guilt and punishment.
   • 1867, The Evangelical Repository and United Presbyterian Review, page 483:

     God, essentially considered, in the person of the Father, is especially the justifier, in respect of judiciary power and authority.

3. (computing, typography) A machine, program or algorithm that justifies text by aligning it.
   • 1955, Book Production, volumes 61-62, page 43:

     When the operator starts typing the third line, the justifier goes to work on the second.

• self-justifier

Inherited from Old French justifier, borrowed from Late Latin iūstificāre.

• IPA^(key): /ʒys.ti.fje/

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justifier

1. to justify

• la fin justifie les moyens

• justification
• juste

• → Romanian: justifica

• “justifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Borrowed from Latin iūstificāre.

justifier

1. to show to be innocent
   • 12th century, Cambridge Psalter

     E ne vienges pas a jugier od tun serf, ker n'en iert pas justifiiez el tun esguardemenz

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• French: justifier
  • → Romanian: justifica
• → Middle English: justifien
  • English: justify
  • Scots: justifee