self-justifying

[ self-juhs-tuh-fahy-ing, self- ]

/ ˌsɛlfˈdʒʌs təˌfaɪ ɪŋ, ˈsɛlf- /

offering excuses for oneself, especially in excess of normal demands.

automatically adjusting printed or typed lines to fill a given space, especially to conform to a rigid margin.

Origin of self-justifying

First recorded in 1730–40

And it was to them, and to some future self-justifying narrative, that Morsi was really speaking.

The Mexican Standoff in Egypt |Hussein Ibish |July 3, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The rules which obtain among themselves appear to them self-evident and self-justifying.

On Liberty |John Stuart Mill
The presentation of facts is self-justifying only when the facts are developed in their true proportion.

The Armed Forces Officer |U. S. Department of Defense
And it is of the nature of vanity and arrogance, if unchecked, to become cruel and self-justifying.

Impressions of Theophrastus Such |George Eliot

And in these days of his first devotion to Romola he needed a self-justifying argument.

Romola |George Eliot

self-justifying

offering excuses for one's behaviour, often when they are not called for