justifier

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.

From Old French justifier, borrowed from Late Latin iūstificāre, jūstificare, present active infinitive of iustificō, from Latin iūstus.

• 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, jūstificare, present active infinitive of iustificō, from Latin iūstus.

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 quote)

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