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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Justifier

Justifier \Jus"ti*fi`er\, n. One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves.

Justifiers of themselves and hypocrites.
--Strype.

That he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
--Rom. iii. 26.

Wiktionary
justifier

n. (context chiefly philosophy English) One who, or that which, justify (some belief or action).

WordNet
justifier

n. a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution; "an apologist for capital punishment" [syn: apologist, vindicator]

Wikipedia
Justifier

Justifier may refer to:

  • Something which justifies
    • In the theory of justification, something which justifies a belief
  • Konami Justifier, a light gun used in video arcade and home console games
  • One of the Justifiers, fictional soldiers in the DC Comics universe
  • "Justifier", a song by Australian pop/rock band Big Pig
  • Justifier, fictional flying ship in the Marvel Comics universe, used by vigilante team The Jury
  • Justifier, an alternate Dungeons & Dragons character class
  • Justifiers RPG, a tabletop role-playing game

Usage examples of "justifier".

For at least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols.

South is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes - a justifier of the most appalling barbarity, a sanctifier of the most hateful frauds, and a dark shelter under which the darkest, foulest, grossest, and most infernal deeds of slaveholders find the strongest protection.