unjustify
verbEtymology
From un- + justify.
- derived from justus
- derived from justificare
- derived from justifier
- inherited from justifien
Definitions
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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA