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justification Definition

jus·ti·fi·ca·tion (jus′tə fi kā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a justifying or being justified
  2. a fact that justifies or vindicates
  3. Christian Theol. the state or condition, necessary for salvation, of being blameless or absolved of the guilt of sin
  4. Printing the adjustment of printed lines by proper spacing

Etymology: ME justificacioun < OFr justification < LL justificatio < justificare: see justify

justification Synonyms

justification

n.

excuse, defense, pretext, reason, argument, palliation, extenuation, vindication, redemption, approval, validation, warrant, response, exoneration, exculpation, mitigation, explanation, rationalization, rationale, reply, palliative, apology, apologia, acquittal, salvation, answer, raison d'être, grounds, advocacy, plea, support, confirmation, sanctification, rebuttal, whitewashing; see also appeal 1, explanation 2.

Antonyms blame*, conviction, incrimination.

justification Law Definition

n

A showing of an appropriate reason for one’s actions.
justification Telecom Definition
See bit stuffing.
justification Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • suppose: The supposed justification appears to be a fear of Applicants relying on spurious medical conditions.
  • provide: Chapter 3 provides a justification for the study of the classics, especially the Greeks.
  • require: The need for demolition will, therefore, require full justification.

Adjective modifier

  • sufficient: That is not a sufficient justification for withholding information under the Code.
  • moral: This is an act bereft of any moral justification.
  • ideological: In fact, they are probably the biggest ideological justification for the whole of civilization.
  • ample: Not that man lacks ample justification for being desperate - it is simply the fact that he isn't.
  • rational: It finally dawned on me that there was absolutely no rational justification for believing those stories in the Bible.
  • theoretical: But the collapse of the cold war has removed even the theoretical justification for our possessing strategic nuclear weapons.

Modifies a noun

  • ': Our justification arises out of His justification â His resurrection.
  • defense: Previously, only the standard objective justification defense could assist employers facing claims of this sort.

Preposition: of

  • sinner: The justification of the sinner entirely by the grace of God through faith in Christ Jesus, our Mediator.

Preposition: for

  • invasion: We need to know what the facts are to know whether the weapons of mass destruction justification for the invasion was real or not.
  • refusal: It also states the possible justifications for refusal which can not happen if the public interest is better served by disclosure.
  • prohibition: This approach implies that the justification for prohibition applies to all human tissue, apparently placing hair and kidneys in the same category.
  • war: Liberal Democrat amendment limiting justification for war with Iraq without further UN sanction.
  • assertion: Physical justification for these assertions is found in an emerging awareness of how we form memories, associate data and react to stimuli.
  • bombing: McNamara ), what exactly is the justification for continued bombing of Afghanistan?

Preposition: by

  • faith: For example, the apostle Paul hammered out his doctrine of justification by faith in the context of the Gentile mission.
  • grace: We also believe in the great doctrine of justification by grace through faith alone.
justification Quotes

To fight for the right, to abhor the imperfect, the unjust, or the mean, to swerve neither to the right hand nor the left, to care nothing for flattery or applause or odium or abuseöit is so easy to have any of them in Indiaönever to let your enthusiasm be soured or your courage grow dim but to remember that the Almighty has placed your hand on the greatest of his ploughs, in whose furrow the nations of the future are germinating and taking shape, to drive the blade a little forward in your time and to feel that somewhere among those millions you have left, a little justice, or happiness or prosperity, a sense of manliness or moral dignity, a springof patriotism, a dawn of intellectual enlightenmentora stirringofduty whereit did not exist beforeöthat is enough, that is the Englishman's justification in India.

—Curzon (of Kedleston), Lord George Nathaniel