transitive verb justificar , vindicar exonerate exculpar , disculpar , exonerar to be justified in doing something tenir motius per a fer una cosa you were not justified in that no tenies cap raó que t'ho justifiqués , no tenies cap raó per a fer això the future doesn't justify the slightest optimism el futur no ens permet de ser gens optimistes reflexive verb to justify oneself justificar-se