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to rejustify

to rejustify

1 7.3
Change how text or an argument is arranged so it fits again
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ/
: justificar de nuevo
  • Today, however, as in the past, music educators are having to rejustify the value of public school music relative to the total school curriculum.

Examples

  • In the meeting, the team had to rejustify their proposal after receiving further feedback.

  • Being reexamined is not very comfortable for those under the microscope, for we are in effect being asked to rejustify our existence in terms of the relevance of our work to the problems that society perceives to be most immediate.

    Academic text (1995)

  • After the critique, the author needed to rejustify her arguments to convince the editor of her stance.

  • During the discussion, he will rejustify the previous claims made about the project’s effectiveness.

Synonyms

to realign
vsto rejustify
26 4.9

To move things or ideas into the right position

gives reasons again to adjust reasoning rather than physical position
to re-explain
vsto rejustify
1 3.4

Say something again in a clearer way

gives reasons again to improve the argument's alignment
to reargue
vsto rejustify
  • Jargon
1 6.6

To present a case again in court after new facts appear

gives reasons again to adjust reasoning or alignment in text
to rearticulate
vsto rejustify
1 6.7

To say something again in a clearer way

gives reasons again to alter alignment or logic of text

Antonyms

to abandon
201 3.8

Stop supporting an idea or plan

to neglect
189 3.8

Fail to care for someone or something you should look after

How Thorough

to overhaul
39 4.6
to rewrite
184 2.8
to revise
114 3.4
to rejustify
1 7.3
to justify
460 3.4

Surface Forms

rejustify infinitive
rejustified past
rejustified past participle
rejustifying present participle
rejustifies third person singular

Morphology

rejustify = justify (transparent) = re + just + ify

The meaning is directly 'justify again', a standard and easily interpretable use of the prefix 're-'.

Etymology

Rejustify combines the prefix re- meaning 'again' with justify, which comes from the idea 'to make right' and is the same root as just and justice. So to rejustify is to 'make right again' — for example, to adjust text alignment after edits or to give a new, corrected reason for an argument.