unjustify

verb

Etymology

From un- + justify.

  1. derived from justus
  2. derived from justificare
  3. derived from justifier
  4. inherited from justifien
  5. prefixed as unjustify — “un + justify

Definitions

  1. To remove or negate the justification for.

    • The fact that our best-justified moral judgments and standards are not accepted by others on our grounds for them does not unjustify us in holding them.
    • As Susan Mendus rightly says: "Failure to attain a particular end serves to unjustify the political moralist, but does not unjustify the moral politician, who still has the assurance that his aim was the right one.

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