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▸ verb:  (transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant.
▸ verb:  (transitive, typography) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
▸ verb:  (reflexive) To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
▸ verb:  (law) 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.
▸ verb:  (law) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.

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