Warrant
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To protect, keep safe (from danger). To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value etc.). To guarantee as being true; to believe strongly. To authorize; to give (someone) warrant or sanction (to do something). To justify; to give grounds for.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A protector or defender. Authorization or certification; sanction, as given by a superior. Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof: a warrant of authenticity; a warrant for success. An order that serves as authorization, especially: A voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money. A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest or to execute a judgment. A warrant officer. A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer. An option, usually with a term at issue greater than a year, usually issued together with another security, to buy other securities of the issuer. A Warrant of Fitness; a document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of safety and mechanical soundness.
Example sentence: We would take a little bit of money out of a huge increase in ballistic missile defense and put it in a place where it will do a lot of good, namely, in targeted pay increases to our enlisted personnel, particularly our NCOs and our junior warrant officers.
Justify
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To provide an acceptable explanation for.To be a good, acceptable reason for.To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
Example sentence: Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.