overjustify

Verb

transitive

(transitive) To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for.

Japanese Meaning

過度に正当化する / 不必要に弁明する / 必要以上に言い訳をする

She tried to overjustify her absence with elaborate stories, which only made things worse.

彼女は精巧な作り話で欠席を過度に正当化しようとしたが、かえって事態を悪化させた。

Sense（1）

(transitive) To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for.

Sense（2）

(transitive, psychology) Specifically, to provide external incentive for an already-internally-motivated behavior, thereby risking the loss of the original motivation.

overjustifies

（ present singular third-person ）

overjustifying

（ participle present ）

overjustified

（ participle past ）

overjustified

（ past ）