Except and Justify

Except

Except verb - To present an opposing opinion or argument.

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

Justify

Justify verb - To be an acceptable reason for.

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

Common collocations

response except response justify response
power except power justify power
characters except characters justify characters

Both words in one sentence

  • Long Pants Most of the other campers are simply not wearing pants at all—except that one episode where EVERYONE wears pants to justify being pants'd by Edward.
    Source: Long Pants
  • Video Game / Sword of the Stars Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism: All species except Humans and Liir have this — in the Hivers' case their status as Bee People justify it.
  • It mostly works like normal military, except that it strongly advertises that everything it does - in Germany or abroad - is to "protect" something regarding Germany to justify them being there.
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