| adduce | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. abduce, adduce, cite | advance evidence for. |
| ~ bear witness, evidence, testify, prove, show | provide evidence for.; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" |
| justify | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. justify, warrant | show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for.; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means" |
| ~ reassert, confirm | strengthen or make more firm.; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account" |
| v. (communication) | 2. justify, vindicate | show to be right by providing justification or proof.; "vindicate a claim" |
| ~ excuse, explain | serve as a reason or cause or justification of.; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again" |
| ~ uphold, maintain | support against an opponent.; "The appellate court upheld the verdict" |
| ~ legitimate | show or affirm to be just and legitimate. |
| v. (communication) | 3. apologise, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalise, rationalize | defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning.; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" |
| ~ colour, gloss, color | give a deceptive explanation or excuse for.; "color a lie" |
| ~ plead | offer as an excuse or plea.; "She was pleading insanity" |
| ~ defend, fend for, support | argue or speak in defense of.; "She supported the motion to strike" |
| ~ extenuate, mitigate, palliate | lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of.; "The circumstances extenuate the crime" |
| v. (communication) | 4. absolve, free, justify | let off the hook.; "I absolve you from this responsibility" |
| ~ let off, excuse, exempt, relieve | grant exemption or release to.; "Please excuse me from this class" |
| ~ wash one's hands | to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame.; "I wash my hands of this" |
| ~ forgive | stop blaming or grant forgiveness.; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday" |
| v. (change) | 5. justify | adjust the spaces between words.; "justify the margins" |
| ~ printing | the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution. |
| ~ adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| proper | | |
| adj. | 1. proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| ~ appropriate | suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc.; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate" |
| ~ correct, right | free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth.; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision" |
| ~ decent | conforming to conventions of sexual behavior.; "speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd" |
| ~ decorous | characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct.; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme" |
| ~ becoming, comely, comme il faut, seemly, decent, decorous | according with custom or propriety.; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior" |
| ~ correct, right | socially right or correct.; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" |
| ~ correct, right | in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure.; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" |
| ~ fitting | in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion.; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this" |
| ~ halal | proper or legitimate.; "the fund earns halal profits in full compliance with the Shari'a" |
| ~ kosher | proper or legitimate. |
| ~ priggish, prissy, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, prim, puritanical, victorian | exaggeratedly proper.; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" |
| ~ right | in conformance with justice or law or morality.; "do the right thing and confess" |
| adj. | 2. proper | having all the qualities typical of the thing specified.; "wanted a proper dinner; not just a snack"; "he finally has a proper job" |
| ~ real | no less than what is stated; worthy of the name.; "the real reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money" |
| adj. | 3. proper | limited to the thing specified.; "the city proper"; "his claim is connected with the deed proper" |
| ~ specific | (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique.; "rules with specific application"; "demands specific to the job"; "a specific and detailed account of the accident" |
| adj. | 4. proper, right | appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs.; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position" |
| ~ appropriate | suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc.; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate" |
| sane | | |
| adj. | 1. sane | mentally healthy; free from mental disorder.; "appears to be completely sane" |
| ~ rational | consistent with or based on or using reason.; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought" |
| ~ compos mentis, of sound mind | of sound mind, memory, and understanding; in law, competent to go to trial. |
| ~ in her right mind, in his right mind, in their right minds | behaving responsibly. |
| ~ lucid | having a clear mind.; "a lucid moment in his madness" |
| adj. | 2. reasonable, sane | marked by sound judgment.; "sane nuclear policy" |
| ~ rational | consistent with or based on or using reason.; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought" |
| suited | | |
| adj. | 1. suitable, suited | meant or adapted for an occasion or use.; "a tractor suitable (or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy" |
| ~ fit | meeting adequate standards for a purpose.; "a fit subject for discussion"; "it is fit and proper that you be there"; "water fit to drink"; "fit for duty"; "do as you see fit to" |
| adj. | 2. suited | outfitted or supplied with clothing.; "recruits suited in green" |
| ~ clad, clothed | wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination.; "clothed and in his right mind"; "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in white"; "white-clad nurses" |
| taro | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro | edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants. |
| ~ colocasia esculenta, dalo, taro plant, dasheen, taro | herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves. |
| ~ root | (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground. |
| n. (plant) | 2. colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro, taro plant | herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves. |
| ~ edda, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, taro | tropical starchy tuberous root. |
| ~ aroid, arum | any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe. |
| ~ colocasia, genus colocasia | small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro. |
| ~ cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro | edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants. |
| n. (food) | 3. cocoyam, dasheen, edda, taro, taro root | tropical starchy tuberous root. |
| ~ root vegetable | any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers. |
| ~ poi | Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment. |
| ~ colocasia esculenta, dalo, taro plant, dasheen, taro | herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves. |
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