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justification
[ juhs-tuh-fi-key-shuhn ]
noun
- a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends:
His insulting you was ample justification for you to leave the party.
- an act of justifying:
The painter's justification of his failure to finish on time didn't impress me.
- the state of being justified.
- Also called justification by faith. Theology. the act of God whereby humankind is made or accounted just, or free from guilt or penalty of sin.
- Printing. the spacing of words and letters within a line of type so that all full lines in a column have even margins both on the left and on the right.
justification
/ ˌʌɪɪˈɪʃə /
noun
- reasonable grounds for complaint, defence, etc
- the act of justifying; proof, vindication, or exculpation
- theol
- the act of justifying
- the process of being justified or the condition of having been justified
- Also calledjustification by faith Protestant theol the doctrine that God vindicates only those who repent and believe in Jesus
- printing computing the process of adjusting interword spacing in text or data so that both right and left margins are straight
- computing the process of moving data right or left so that the first or last character occurs in a predefined position
Other Word Forms
- ·ܲ·پ·ھ··پDz noun
- ·ܲ·پ·ھ··پDz noun
- ··ܲ·پ·ھ··پDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of justification1
Example Sentences
"Most of the president's revenge attempts will end badly for him. Republicans could rue the day they set a new justification for retaliation from Democrats."
That was Joe’s justification: “OK, you can make it back to civilization on your own.”
As justification, Carr consistently points to the low tide of public trust.
In the 1930s, his successor, Joseph Stalin, cited the “inefficiency” of individual farming as justification for the collectivization of millions of peasants into state farms, creating a “terror-famine” in Ukraine.
The judiciary should not accept incoherent justifications merely because they originate from the White House.
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