Declare and Justify

Declare

Declare verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.

Usage example: she would declare her innocence to the whole world if she could

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Justify and declare are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Justify" instead a verb "Declare".

Justify verb - To be an acceptable reason for.

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Declare and justify are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Declare" instead a verb "Justify".

desire	declare desire	justify desire
power	declare power	justify power
life	declare life	justify life
attack	declare attack	justify attack
Other words: role, death, law, existence, war.

Moral Myopia: Eventually, the Roman authorities explicitly declare the Aztecs to be non-human mockeries of mankind so as to justify their own oppressive measures.

Source: Lets Play / This Is Madness - Story of the Crumbling Europe
Silly Reason for War: Every technical reason used to declare war or justify it later was this.

Source: Useful Notes / Franco-Prussian War

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