justify

(v) show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
- The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns
- The end justifies the means
warrant,
(v) show to be right by providing justification or proof
- vindicate a claim
vindicate,
(v) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
- rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior
- he rationalized his lack of success
apologise, rationalize, apologize, rationalise, excuse,
(v) let off the hook
- I absolve you from this responsibility
absolve, free,
(v) adjust the spaces between words
- justify the margins

warrant vindicate apologise rationalize apologize rationalise excuse absolve free

blame fault

justice