Justify and Protest

Justify

Justify verb - To continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections.

Usage example: failed to justify the need for a war at this time

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

Protest verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.

Usage example: he protested that he usually was very good at baseball, and all the strikeouts were just bad luck

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Justify and protest are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Justify" instead a verb "Protest".

power	justify power	protest power
action	justify action	protest action
position	justify position	protest position
name	justify name	protest name
Other words: treatment, nature, fact, use, way, decision, rule, law, actions, war, behavior.

Not only did it effectively end her career, she eventually tried to justify making it by claiming it's actually a protest against the behaviors in the song.

Source: Horrible / Music

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