"Justified"- dikaioō
"to take up a legal cause," show justice, do justice, take up a cause
"to render a favorable verdict," vindicate
-"by (on the basis of) works, by what one does"-"to cause someone to be released from personal or institutional claims that are no longer to be considered pertinent or valid," make free/pure
"to demonstrate to be morally right," prove to be right
William Arndt et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 249.