Demand and Justify

Demand

Demand verb - To ask for (something) earnestly or with authority.

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

Nearby Words: demanding, demanded, demandant

Justify verb - To be an acceptable reason for.

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

power	demand power	justify power
life	demand life	justify life
action	demand action	justify action
treatment	demand treatment	justify treatment
Other words: death, destruction, use, release.

If you ever accuse them of being evil and demand that they justify their actions — if they even feel any need to justify something to an outsider — don't expect any remorse about their Dirty Business, or even admissions of villainy, whether regretful or gleeful.

Source: Moral Myopia
He travels through time to demand from every creature that they justify their existence.

Source: Useful Notes / Existentialism
Two years after the main story, the leaders of Orlais and Ferelden demand the Inquisition justify its heavily-armed presence in their nations now that the threats it formed to fight are long dead.

Source: So What Do We Do Now?

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