1. A chief justice. NWAD JUSTICIARY.2
2. One that boasts of the justice of his own act. [Not used.] NWAD JUSTICIARY.3
1. The act of justifying; a showing to be just or conformable to law, rectitude or propriety; vindication; defense. The court listened to the evidence and arguments in justification of the prisoner’s conduct. Our disobedience to God’s commands admits no justification. NWAD JUSTIFICATION.2
2. Absolution. NWAD JUSTIFICATION.3
I hope, for my brother’s justification, he wrote this but as an essay of my virtue. NWAD JUSTIFICATION.4
3. In law, the showing of a sufficient reason in court why a defendant did what he is called to answer. Pleas in justification must set forth some special matter. NWAD JUSTIFICATION.5
4. In theology, remission of sin and absolution from guilt and punishment; or an act of free grace by which God pardons the sinner and accepts him as righteous, on account of the atonement of Christ. NWAD JUSTIFICATION.6
1. He who pardons and absolves from guilt and punishment. NWAD JUSTIFIER.2
That he might be just, and the justifier of him who believeth in Jesus. Romans 3:26. NWAD JUSTIFIER.3
1. To prove or show to be just, or conformable to law, right, justice, propriety or duty; to defend or maintain; to vindicate as right. We cannot justify disobedience or ingratitude to our Maker. We cannot justify insult or incivility to our fellow men. Intemperance, lewdness, profaneness and dueling are in no case to be justified. NWAD JUSTIFY.2
2. In theology, to pardon and clear form guilt; to absolve or acquit from guilt and merited punishment, and to accept as righteous on account of the merits of the Savior, or by the application of Christ’s atonement to the offender. NWAD JUSTIFY.3
3. To cause another to appear comparatively righteous, or less guilty than one’s self. Ezekiel 16:51-52. NWAD JUSTIFY.4
4. To judge rightly of. NWAD JUSTIFY.5
Wisdom is justified by her children. Matthew 11:19. NWAD JUSTIFY.6
5. To accept as just and treat with favor. James 2:21, 24-25. NWAD JUSTIFY.7
The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall justle one against another in the broad ways. Nahum 2:4. NWAD JUSTLE.2
1. According to truth and facts. His character is justly described. NWAD JUSTLY.2
2. Honestly; fairly; with integrity; as, to do justly. Micah 6:8. NWAD JUSTLY.3
3. Properly; accurately; exactly. NWAD JUSTLY.4
Their feet assist their hands, and justly beat the ground. NWAD JUSTLY.5
1. Conformity to truth; as the justness of a description or representation. NWAD JUSTNESS.2
2. Justice; reasonableness; equity; as the justness of a cause or of a demand. [Justness is properly applied to things, and justice to persons; but the distinction is not always observed.] NWAD JUSTNESS.3
1. Young; youthful; as juvenile years or age. NWAD JUVENILE.2
2. Pertaining or suited to youth; as juvenile sports. NWAD JUVENILE.3
1. Light and careless manner; the manners or customs of youth. NWAD JUVENILITY.2
Placed near; adjacent or contiguous. NWAD JUXTAPOSITED.2
A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity; as the parts of a substance or of a composition. The connection of words is sometimes to be ascertained by juxtaposition. NWAD JUXTAPOSITION.2