Blame and Justify

Opposite meaning words

Blame verb - Put or pin the blame on.

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Justify is an antonym for blame.

Nearby Words: blameless, blamed, blaming, blameful

Justify verb - Let off the hook.

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Blame is an antonym for justify in legitimize topic.

attack	blame attack	justify attack
death	blame death	justify death
murder	blame murder	justify murder
time	blame time	justify time
Other words: fact, decision, actions, behavior.

A season or so later, trying to justify his sex addiction, he tells his wife, "If I had diabetes, you couldn't blame me for not being able to have sugar."

Source: Series Continuity Error / Live-Action TV
Fixated to a psychotic extent upon the Begotten, Heroes can effortlessly justify any atrocity that they commit by twisting it around and laying the blame squarely on the Beast.

Source: Knight Templar / Tabletop Games
Last Resort features a textbook example in the pilot — whoever in the Government Conspiracy attempted to sink the Colorado pins the blame on Pakistan in order to justify going to war with them.

Source: False Flag Operation

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