justifying Synonyms

be a justification for prenominal palliative palliating moderating mitigating meriting justify justificatory justification justifiable qualifying rationalize refuting deserving of arguing for worthy of rationalizing justifiability warranting warrant vindicate vindicating substantiating free extenuating explain confirming condoning claiming championing attesting asserting apologize advancing acquitting absolve defence defending defend explaining exonerative exonerating excuse excusing excusatory exculpatory exculpating elucidatory deserving