justifyingn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒʌstᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈdʒəstəˌfaɪɪŋ/

Forms: see justify v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: justify v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < justify v. + -ing suffix¹, originally (in a theological context) after post-classical Latin justification-, justificatio justification n.

†1. An ordinance, an observance; = justification n. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > ordinance, prescription, or appointment > an ordinance or authoritative utterance

setnessc950

sandc1000

edict1297

statutec1300

proclamationa1325

justifyinga1382

rescritec1384

decree?a1400

thewsc1400

justification?a1475

ordinationc1499

dictamena1513

golden bull1537

dictate1604

process1604

dictament1615

dictation1651

fiata1750

diktat1941

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun]

justifyinga1382

righteousing?a1450

righteous-making1535

inrighteousing1587

righting1603

legitimating1606

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Psalms cxviii. 5 Wolde God weren dressid my weies; to be kept thi iustifiyngus [L. praecepta].

Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 32 That thei kepe the instifyingis [read iustifyingis] of God and seken out his comaundementis.

c1425 (c1400) Prymer (Cambr.) (1895) 79 I wolde þat my weies be dressid to kepe þi iustifiyngis!

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. ix. 1 That fyrst tabernacle verely had iustifyinges and servynges off God.

1584 E. Paget tr. J. Calvin Harmonie vpon Three Euangelists 6 Betweene preceptes and iustifyinges there is this difference, that the latter name is properlye referred to the exercises of godlynesse, and diuine worshippinges: the first is more vniuersall.

a. The action of justifying a person; the result of this.

(a) In various senses of the verb.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > grace > righteousness > [noun] > justification

justificationc1384

justifyingc1384

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. iv. 25 The which is bitakun for oure synnes, and roos aȝen for oure iustifyingis [perh. read iustifyinge, a1425 L.V. iustefiyng; L. iustificationem].

1547 T. Cranmer Certayne Serm. sig. C.iij^v Let vs beware of suche hypocrisy, vainglory, and iustifiyng of our selfe.

1672 C. Wyvill Pretensions Triple Crown ii. 130 The power of justifying is not by the Apostle left in the hands of such Grace.

1716 M. Hole Pract. Disc. Liturgy Church of Eng. IV. 39 Tho I cannot charge my self with any great fault in the execution of my Office, yet is not this the clearing or justifying of me.

a1769 R. Riccaltoun Notes Galatians in Wks. (1772) III. 109 Justifying implies more than bare pardon. It supposes a judicial procedure.

1843 Gospel Standard May 143 There is none other that..can help any thing to the justifying of man before him, except this one action of faith in Jesus Christ.

1861 Gen. Baptist Mag. Aug. 300/1 God's justifying of believers.

1911 Harper's Mag. Apr. 772/2 In the midst of this angry justifying of herself,..she stopped suddenly and looked about her.

2005 C. Lyons Losing your Head without losing your Mind! xiii. 106 When they accused John of being under the influence of demons and being a fanatic it was Jesus here that did the justifying of John.

†(b) spec. Condemnation; execution. Scottish. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > [noun] > action of inflicting

punishingc1375

punition1405

executionc1430

justifying1487

inflictiona1535

animadversion1535

penalization1888

woodshedding1940

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > infliction of

justice?a1160

executionc1360

axe1450

justifying1487

1487 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 177/1 For the punycioun & justifying of sic trespassouris as hes in tymes bigain..escapit & wes putt fra the law.

1553–4 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 283 For the expensis of the justefeing of Gospart Lauder, and the eirding of him eftir he wes heidit.

a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 183 To saif the lordis from iustifieing in the kingis furie.

1690 A. Shields Short Memorial Sufferings & Grievances Presbyterians Scotl. 27 Ordaining all layers or hearers of Mass to be punished, with imprisonment for the first fault, banishment for the second, and justifying to the Death for the third fault.

b. The action of justifying an action or reaction, or a thing; the result of this.

(a) In various senses of the verb.

ΚΠ

1568 in J. Anderson Coll. Mary Queen of Scotl. (1728) IV. ii. 120 We are compellit for justifying of our cause to manifest the nakit trewth.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 59 This excuse is so..large, that it may extend as well to the iustifying of the absurdest errours.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 72 Master Secretary..spake singularly for the justifying of her Majesties speciall care.

1656 S. Vernon Trepan 10 Making him spend his last breath..in justifying of their wickednesse.

1692 Act 4 Will. & M. c. 5. §2 The Justices..shall make such Rules..for the justifying of such Bails..as to them shall seem meet.

1759 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 134/1 The other servants all found means easily for the justifying of their own innocence.

1841 G. L. Craik & C. MacFarlane Pict. Hist. Eng. III. vii. i. 175/2 Noy..turned his learning and industry to the discovery of sources of revenue, and to the justifying of them when found.

1852 Punch 23 123/1 The justifying of bail was pleasantly typified in the due adjustment of the wickets.

a1891 W. C. Magee Christ Light of all Script. (1892) x. 215 The dénouement..of the great mysterious drama of life in the justifying of the ways of the hidden Father.

1949 P. Viereck Conservatism Revisited ii. 58 What links Nazism and communism..is precisely this antiethics, this justifying of means by end.

1990 M. Schwarz & M. Thompson Divided We Stand v. 61 Our acting is biased, our justifying of our actions is biased, and our judging of the actions of others is biased.

(b) spec. Chiefly Printing and Computing. The adjustment of a matrix, (line of) type, margin, etc. Cf. justify v. 8.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > type founding > [noun] > forming correct matrix

justification1672

justifying1672

society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > [noun] > adjusting for even fit

justifying1672

1672 T. Marshall Let. 19 Jan. in H. Hart Notes Cent. Typogr. Oxf. (1900) 166/2 Y^e Founders..have no regard to cutting and justifying, unless perhaps to supply a Defect, or two.

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 153 Justifying of Matrices is, 1. to make the Face of the Sunken Letter, lie an exact designed depth below the Face of the Matrice, and on all its sides equally deep from the Face of the Matrice. [Etc.].

1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. iv. 100 French Letter Founders..cast Divisions to several thicknesses; which is done with a view to facilitate justifying.

1797 Encycl. Brit. VII. 381/1 Before we proceed to the sinking and justifying of the matrices, we must provide a mould to justify them by.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Space-lines, printers' leads for justifying, or filling up lines or words, made from 4 to 12 in pica.

1897 Typogr. Jrnl. 1 July 47/2 A compositor who expects to do all kinds of work in good offices will find it necessary to be posted in regard to a good many things besides the mere picking up and justifying of lines of type.

1952 Stud. in Bibliogr. 5 79 Justifying of lines will affect preferential spellings.

a1996 R. Davies in Merry Heart (1998) ix. 161 He knew, for instance, how to make all the lines on his page present an even appearance when printed; it was an art called ‘justifying’.

2002 M. E. Wurzbach Community Health Educ. & Promotion (2004) vi. 502 Use an unjustified right margin. Justifying makes inconsistent spacing within and between words.

Compounds

justifying stick n. Printing (now chiefly historical) an attachment to a typesetting machine for justifying the lines.

ΚΠ

1829 Mechanics' Mag. 29 Oct. 403/1 He, by removing a slider, which constitutes the bottom of the justifying stick, causes the line of type to drop down.

1887 Iron 5 Aug. 126/1 A section of the composed line of type is drawn by the justifier to the mouth of the justifying stick.

2008 J. Lyden in M. Weiland & S. Wilsey State by State 258 Henry Sweets shows Suki a typical type box of the time, and how you would have to arrange all that moveable type with a justifying stick.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

justifyingadj.

Brit.

/ˈdʒʌstᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈdʒəstəˌfaɪɪŋ/

Forms: see justify v. and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: justify v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < justify v. + -ing suffix².

That justifies a person, action or reaction, or a thing (in various senses of the verb).

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [adjective] > justifying

justifying1526

justificatory1563

justificative1611

justifical1646

legitimating1821

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > grace > righteousness > [adjective] > justification

justifying1526

justiciary1572

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. a The grace of iustifycacion, or grace iustifyeng.

?1566 W. P. tr. C. S. Curio Pasquine in Traunce To Rdr. sig. B.j There is no matter of controuersie, wherein the papistes differ from the true Church of Christ,..as in their purgatorie, their iustifying workes [etc.].

a1600 R. Hooker Learned Disc. (1612) 3 There is a iustifying and sanctifying righteousnes here.

1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. 83 Dreaming only of a sanctifying Christ, and abhorring a justifying Saviour, expecting salvation by their owne workes.

1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. ii. 64 This is no warrantable or justifying reason.

1791 Med. Facts & Observ. 1 122 When a great and good end is in view, the possibility of attainment is not only a justifying motive of exertion, but even renders it a duty.

1855 Minutes Evid. Sel. Comm. Printing (House of Commons) 70 You have certain justifying spaces; in what metal do you make those?

1883 Wharton's Law-lexicon (ed. 7) Justifying security. Administrators in certain cases are required by the Court of Probate to give justifying security.

1921 Southern Reporter 87 58/2 That there was no element of a ‘justifying necessity’ for this obstruction upon the track is without dispute.

1971 Jrnl. Philos. 68 80 The recursion can be allowed to terminate only when some justifying statement..is reached.

2012 M. White Coffee Life in Japan vii. 134 The café is a place where one can take one's time..without the justifying task of bathing.

Compounds

justifying faith Christian Church (in Protestant theology) faith by which a sinner is alone justified, and which is an unmerited gift of God by grace.

ΚΠ

1547 T. Cranmer Certayne Serm. ii. sig. Ei^v This sentence: that we be iustified by fayth onely: is not so meant of them, that the sayed iustifiyng fayth is alone in man, without true repentaunce, hope, charitie, dread and feare of God, at any tyme or ceason.

1758 J. Wesley Let. 2 May (1931) IV. 17 By faith we mean ‘the evidence of things not seen’; by justifying faith, a divine evidence or conviction that ‘Christ loved me and gave Himself for me’.

1894 W. G. T. Shedd in Dogmatic Theol. III. 455 The creeds, both Lutheran and Reformed, teach that justifying faith is working faith.

2010 S. E. Schreiner Are you Alone Wise? v. 228 The joyful, experiential, and purifying effect of justifying faith.

Derivatives

ˈjustifyingly adv. so as to give justification; by way of justification.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [adverb] > in a justifying manner

justifyingly1659

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > grace > righteousness > [adverb] > justification

justifyingly1659

1659 J. Goodwin Banner Justif. Displayed 63 The believing, or repentant sinner..presents..unto God, matter duly fitted and prepared according to his mind, for him to work or act upon, or about, justifyingly.

1711 J. Humfrey Peace in Divinity 3 The unregenerate Man believes historically, though not justifyingly.

1829 J. Chambers Gen. Hist. Norfolk III. 1158 His practice..was justifyingly successful.

1915 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 30 p. xli Theologians talk justifyingly of an accommodation of truth.

2006 J. Geraghty Voting to Kill vi. 170 ‘I think we all try to do what we think is right,’ Gephardt said justifyingly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	justifying
释义	justifyingn. Brit. /ˈdʒʌstᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdʒəstəˌfaɪɪŋ/ Forms: see justify v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: justify v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < justify v. + -ing suffix¹, originally (in a theological context) after post-classical Latin justification-, justificatio justification n. †1. An ordinance, an observance; = justification n. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > ordinance, prescription, or appointment > an ordinance or authoritative utterance setnessc950 sandc1000 edict1297 statutec1300 proclamationa1325 justifyinga1382 rescritec1384 decree?a1400 thewsc1400 justification?a1475 ordinationc1499 dictamena1513 golden bull1537 dictate1604 process1604 dictament1615 dictation1651 fiata1750 diktat1941 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun] justifyinga1382 righteousing?a1450 righteous-making1535 inrighteousing1587 righting1603 legitimating1606 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Psalms cxviii. 5 Wolde God weren dressid my weies; to be kept thi iustifiyngus [L. praecepta]. Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 32 That thei kepe the instifyingis [read iustifyingis] of God and seken out his comaundementis. c1425 (c1400) Prymer (Cambr.) (1895) 79 I wolde þat my weies be dressid to kepe þi iustifiyngis! 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. ix. 1 That fyrst tabernacle verely had iustifyinges and servynges off God. 1584 E. Paget tr. J. Calvin Harmonie vpon Three Euangelists 6 Betweene preceptes and iustifyinges there is this difference, that the latter name is properlye referred to the exercises of godlynesse, and diuine worshippinges: the first is more vniuersall. 2. a. The action of justifying a person; the result of this. (a) In various senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > grace > righteousness > [noun] > justification justificationc1384 justifyingc1384 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. iv. 25 The which is bitakun for oure synnes, and roos aȝen for oure iustifyingis [perh. read iustifyinge, a1425 L.V. iustefiyng; L. iustificationem]. 1547 T. Cranmer Certayne Serm. sig. C.iij^v Let vs beware of suche hypocrisy, vainglory, and iustifiyng of our selfe. 1672 C. Wyvill Pretensions Triple Crown ii. 130 The power of justifying is not by the Apostle left in the hands of such Grace. 1716 M. Hole Pract. Disc. Liturgy Church of Eng. IV. 39 Tho I cannot charge my self with any great fault in the execution of my Office, yet is not this the clearing or justifying of me. a1769 R. Riccaltoun Notes Galatians in Wks. (1772) III. 109 Justifying implies more than bare pardon. It supposes a judicial procedure. 1843 Gospel Standard May 143 There is none other that..can help any thing to the justifying of man before him, except this one action of faith in Jesus Christ. 1861 Gen. Baptist Mag. Aug. 300/1 God's justifying of believers. 1911 Harper's Mag. Apr. 772/2 In the midst of this angry justifying of herself,..she stopped suddenly and looked about her. 2005 C. Lyons Losing your Head without losing your Mind! xiii. 106 When they accused John of being under the influence of demons and being a fanatic it was Jesus here that did the justifying of John. †(b) spec. Condemnation; execution. Scottish. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [noun] > action of inflicting punishingc1375 punition1405 executionc1430 justifying1487 inflictiona1535 animadversion1535 penalization1888 woodshedding1940 society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > infliction of justice?a1160 executionc1360 axe1450 justifying1487 1487 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 177/1 For the punycioun & justifying of sic trespassouris as hes in tymes bigain..escapit & wes putt fra the law. 1553–4 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 283 For the expensis of the justefeing of Gospart Lauder, and the eirding of him eftir he wes heidit. a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 183 To saif the lordis from iustifieing in the kingis furie. 1690 A. Shields Short Memorial Sufferings & Grievances Presbyterians Scotl. 27 Ordaining all layers or hearers of Mass to be punished, with imprisonment for the first fault, banishment for the second, and justifying to the Death for the third fault. b. The action of justifying an action or reaction, or a thing; the result of this. (a) In various senses of the verb. ΚΠ 1568 in J. Anderson Coll. Mary Queen of Scotl. (1728) IV. ii. 120 We are compellit for justifying of our cause to manifest the nakit trewth. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 59 This excuse is so..large, that it may extend as well to the iustifying of the absurdest errours. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 72 Master Secretary..spake singularly for the justifying of her Majesties speciall care. 1656 S. Vernon Trepan 10 Making him spend his last breath..in justifying of their wickednesse. 1692 Act 4 Will. & M. c. 5. §2 The Justices..shall make such Rules..for the justifying of such Bails..as to them shall seem meet. 1759 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 134/1 The other servants all found means easily for the justifying of their own innocence. 1841 G. L. Craik & C. MacFarlane Pict. Hist. Eng. III. vii. i. 175/2 Noy..turned his learning and industry to the discovery of sources of revenue, and to the justifying of them when found. 1852 Punch 23 123/1 The justifying of bail was pleasantly typified in the due adjustment of the wickets. a1891 W. C. Magee Christ Light of all Script. (1892) x. 215 The dénouement..of the great mysterious drama of life in the justifying of the ways of the hidden Father. 1949 P. Viereck Conservatism Revisited ii. 58 What links Nazism and communism..is precisely this antiethics, this justifying of means by end. 1990 M. Schwarz & M. Thompson Divided We Stand v. 61 Our acting is biased, our justifying of our actions is biased, and our judging of the actions of others is biased. (b) spec. Chiefly Printing and Computing. The adjustment of a matrix, (line of) type, margin, etc. Cf. justify v. 8. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > type founding > [noun] > forming correct matrix justification1672 justifying1672 society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > [noun] > adjusting for even fit justifying1672 1672 T. Marshall Let. 19 Jan. in H. Hart Notes Cent. Typogr. Oxf. (1900) 166/2 Y^e Founders..have no regard to cutting and justifying, unless perhaps to supply a Defect, or two. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 153 Justifying of Matrices is, 1. to make the Face of the Sunken Letter, lie an exact designed depth below the Face of the Matrice, and on all its sides equally deep from the Face of the Matrice. [Etc.]. 1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. iv. 100 French Letter Founders..cast Divisions to several thicknesses; which is done with a view to facilitate justifying. 1797 Encycl. Brit. VII. 381/1 Before we proceed to the sinking and justifying of the matrices, we must provide a mould to justify them by. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Space-lines, printers' leads for justifying, or filling up lines or words, made from 4 to 12 in pica. 1897 Typogr. Jrnl. 1 July 47/2 A compositor who expects to do all kinds of work in good offices will find it necessary to be posted in regard to a good many things besides the mere picking up and justifying of lines of type. 1952 Stud. in Bibliogr. 5 79 Justifying of lines will affect preferential spellings. a1996 R. Davies in Merry Heart (1998) ix. 161 He knew, for instance, how to make all the lines on his page present an even appearance when printed; it was an art called ‘justifying’. 2002 M. E. Wurzbach Community Health Educ. & Promotion (2004) vi. 502 Use an unjustified right margin. Justifying makes inconsistent spacing within and between words. Compounds justifying stick n. Printing (now chiefly historical) an attachment to a typesetting machine for justifying the lines. ΚΠ 1829 Mechanics' Mag. 29 Oct. 403/1 He, by removing a slider, which constitutes the bottom of the justifying stick, causes the line of type to drop down. 1887 Iron 5 Aug. 126/1 A section of the composed line of type is drawn by the justifier to the mouth of the justifying stick. 2008 J. Lyden in M. Weiland & S. Wilsey State by State 258 Henry Sweets shows Suki a typical type box of the time, and how you would have to arrange all that moveable type with a justifying stick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). justifyingadj. Brit. /ˈdʒʌstᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdʒəstəˌfaɪɪŋ/ Forms: see justify v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: justify v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < justify v. + -ing suffix². That justifies a person, action or reaction, or a thing (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [adjective] > justifying justifying1526 justificatory1563 justificative1611 justifical1646 legitimating1821 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > grace > righteousness > [adjective] > justification justifying1526 justiciary1572 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. a The grace of iustifycacion, or grace iustifyeng. ?1566 W. P. tr. C. S. Curio Pasquine in Traunce To Rdr. sig. B.j There is no matter of controuersie, wherein the papistes differ from the true Church of Christ,..as in their purgatorie, their iustifying workes [etc.]. a1600 R. Hooker Learned Disc. (1612) 3 There is a iustifying and sanctifying righteousnes here. 1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. 83 Dreaming only of a sanctifying Christ, and abhorring a justifying Saviour, expecting salvation by their owne workes. 1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. ii. 64 This is no warrantable or justifying reason. 1791 Med. Facts & Observ. 1 122 When a great and good end is in view, the possibility of attainment is not only a justifying motive of exertion, but even renders it a duty. 1855 Minutes Evid. Sel. Comm. Printing (House of Commons) 70 You have certain justifying spaces; in what metal do you make those? 1883 Wharton's Law-lexicon (ed. 7) Justifying security. Administrators in certain cases are required by the Court of Probate to give justifying security. 1921 Southern Reporter 87 58/2 That there was no element of a ‘justifying necessity’ for this obstruction upon the track is without dispute. 1971 Jrnl. Philos. 68 80 The recursion can be allowed to terminate only when some justifying statement..is reached. 2012 M. White Coffee Life in Japan vii. 134 The café is a place where one can take one's time..without the justifying task of bathing. Compounds justifying faith Christian Church (in Protestant theology) faith by which a sinner is alone justified, and which is an unmerited gift of God by grace. ΚΠ 1547 T. Cranmer Certayne Serm. ii. sig. Ei^v This sentence: that we be iustified by fayth onely: is not so meant of them, that the sayed iustifiyng fayth is alone in man, without true repentaunce, hope, charitie, dread and feare of God, at any tyme or ceason. 1758 J. Wesley Let. 2 May (1931) IV. 17 By faith we mean ‘the evidence of things not seen’; by justifying faith, a divine evidence or conviction that ‘Christ loved me and gave Himself for me’. 1894 W. G. T. Shedd in Dogmatic Theol. III. 455 The creeds, both Lutheran and Reformed, teach that justifying faith is working faith. 2010 S. E. Schreiner Are you Alone Wise? v. 228 The joyful, experiential, and purifying effect of justifying faith. Derivatives ˈjustifyingly adv. so as to give justification; by way of justification. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [adverb] > in a justifying manner justifyingly1659 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > grace > righteousness > [adverb] > justification justifyingly1659 1659 J. Goodwin Banner Justif. Displayed 63 The believing, or repentant sinner..presents..unto God, matter duly fitted and prepared according to his mind, for him to work or act upon, or about, justifyingly. 1711 J. Humfrey Peace in Divinity 3 The unregenerate Man believes historically, though not justifyingly. 1829 J. Chambers Gen. Hist. Norfolk III. 1158 His practice..was justifyingly successful. 1915 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 30 p. xli Theologians talk justifyingly of an accommodation of truth. 2006 J. Geraghty Voting to Kill vi. 170 ‘I think we all try to do what we think is right,’ Gephardt said justifyingly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1382adj.1526
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