Justify and Lighten

Justify

Justify verb - To be an acceptable reason for.

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

Lighten verb - To become glad or hopeful.

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Justify and lighten are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Justify" instead a verb "Lighten".

Nearby Words: light, lightly, lightness, lighter, lightening

cost	justify cost	lighten cost
nature	justify nature	lighten nature

So much so that when they seemed about to avert it in season 5 in "The Predator in the Pool" they felt the need to justify themselves at length...Camille: Why can't you just lighten up the guy's face and, you know, zoom in?

Source: Series / Bones
All Play: This dichotomy is one Wu Xuan addresses, partly to get at how he thinks Qiao Yong needs to lighten up and relax, partly to be more balanced as according to Yin and Yang...but also to justify him using his vacation time to visit gambling and opium dens in Shanghai.

Source: Fan Fic / Different Tales Different Lessons

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