[
  {
    "word": "justify",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8d\u0292\u028cst\u026afa\u026a/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8d\u0292\u028cst\u026afa\u026a/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/justify-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2707543",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To provide an acceptable explanation for.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "How can you justify spending so much money on clothes?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Nothing can justify your rude behaviour last night."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The text will look better justified."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To give reasons for one\u2019s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She felt no need to justify herself for deciding not to invite him."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To prove; to ratify; to confirm.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/justify"
    ]
  }
]