But neither did he try to justify his client's behavior.

It is hard to imagine how you could justify your behavior in terms meaningful to a 15-year-old.

Because someone doing it needs to justify her behavior by talking about it.

That such meetings were against the rules was how I justified my abrupt behavior.

It even seemed to justify our otherwise unjustifiable behavior toward her.

"As an actor, it was my duty to the character to justify his behavior, at least to myself," he said.

At every turn, being Italian is meant to justify inexplicable behavior.

Question: As the editor of the sports section how do you justify your behavior in toto?

Wally realizes the man is talking to himself, as if justifying his own behavior.

Television's talking heads have all been co-opted into justifying the System's behavior.