Justify and Perform

Justify

Justify verb - To be an acceptable reason for.

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

Perform verb - To carry through (as a process) to completion.

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Justify and perform are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Justify" instead a verb "Perform".

work	justify work	perform work
action	justify action	perform action
attack	justify attack	perform attack
role	justify role	perform role
Other words: time, way, act, actions, deeds, acts.

Their FreudianExcuses are used to explain why they are evil but it does not justify any of the evil acts they perform and they're treated as complete villains instead of tragic or AntiVillains.

Source: Anime / GARO: The Animation
Not surprisingly, the actions that the Goblins are forced to perform just to survive are used to "justify" the fact that they are treated the way they are.

Source: Discworld / Snuff
Blizzard, once they made it so Blinding Powder wasn't necessary for Rogues perform a certain move in World of Warcraft, made the items players still had into this, changing the description to justify said move.

Source: Joke Item

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