English-Spanish translations for justify

justificarNo podemos justificar esto ante los contribuyentes. We cannot justify this to taxpayers. No hay nada que pueda justificar el terrorismo. Nothing can justify terrorism. Tiene que justificar su existencia. It has to justify its existence.
legitimarNo se puede admitir que se pretendan blanquear las ilegalidades y crímenes llevados a cabo, intentando legitimar, a posteriori, la agresión y la ocupación. We cannot accept any attempt to whitewash the crimes that have been committed, in an attempt, after the event, to justify the aggression and occupation. Igual que el fin no debe justificar los medios y jamás podrá legitimar el terrorismo, el fin tampoco debe justificar los medios en nuestra lucha contra el terrorismo. Just as the end must not justify the means and can never legitimise terrorism, so the end must not justify the means in our fight against terrorism. Sin embargo, mi Grupo no puede aceptar las enmiendas 4 y 13 del ponente en las que se aducen argumentos topográficos para legitimar las prohibiciones. As far as the rapporteur's Amendments Nos 4 and 13 are concerned, in which topographical reasons are given to justify driving bans, these are not acceptable to my group.

To provide an acceptable explanation for
To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant
To arrange on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned
To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin
To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right
To prove; to ratify; to confirm
To show to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation

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