The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word WARRANT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2012.
Justify crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WARRANT | 33 % | 7 |
| PROVE | 33 % | 5 |
| DEFEND | 11 % | 6 |
| VINDICATE | 11 % | 9 |
| ALIGN | 11 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Justify
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- rationalize
- warrant
- excuse
- vindicate
- apologize
- absolve
- apologise
- free
- justifiable
- justification
- validate
- answerable
Crossword Answer definitions
WARRANT noun- Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
- Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof.
- An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
- An option, usually issued together with another security and with a term at issue greater than a year, to buy other securities of the issuer.
- A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.
- Short for warrant officer.
- A document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of mechanical soundness and safety; a warrant of fitness.
- A defender, a protector.
- Underclay in a coal mine.
- To protect, keep safe (from danger).
- To give (someone) an assurance or guarantee (of something); also, with a double object: to guarantee (someone something).
- To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value, etc.).
- To guarantee as being true; (colloquially) to believe strongly.
- To authorize; to give (someone) sanction or warrant (to do something).
- To justify; to give grounds for.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result WARRANT
- Requirement for some searches
- ___ officer: military rank
- Justify
- Searcher's need, maybe
- Guarantee.
- Authorization.
- Legal writ.
- Give one's word
- Need to arrest?
- Permission to search
More clues leading to the result PROVE
- Demonstrate in math class
- Verify
- Establish indisputably
- Establish the truth of
- "___ it!"
- Demonstrate
- Demonstrate decisively
- Show to be true
- More than allege
- Substantiate
More clues leading to the result DEFEND
- Stick up for
- Stand up for
- Answer the critics of
- Fight for
- Guard
- Do a goalkeeper's job
- Try to keep, as a title
- Represent in court
- Keep safe
- Presidential oath verb