Justification
[dʒʌstɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] or [,dʒʌstɪfɪ'keʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning; 'the justification of barbarous means by holy ends'- H.J.Muller.
(noun.) something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary; 'he considered misrule a justification for revolution'.
(noun.) a statement in explanation of some action or belief.
Checker: Nellie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification.
(n.) The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.
(n.) The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements.
(n.) Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Vindication, defence, exculpation, exoneration.[2]. (Theol.) Absolution, sanctification, remission of sin.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Vindication, apology, defence, advocacy, maintenance, plea, exoneration,exculpation
ANT:Condemnation, censure, conviction, protest, abandonment, inculpation,recrimination, implication, aggravation
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Examples
- But it means its continuation under conditions where it has much less justification for existence. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I will tell her all that is necessary to what may comparatively be called, your justification. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The cotton-gin probably had much to do with the justification of slavery. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And now, as he turned away, strolling down the hill toward the station, that anxiety remained with him as the visible justification of his own. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Poor Hermione, it was her one possession, this aching certainty of hers, it was her only justification. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He needs to be made conscious of consequences as a justification of the positive or negative value of certain objects. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He requested permission to justify himself--putting his justification as an act of respect to my mistress. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It seems that I owe a justification of my conduct to you. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- No one would read a pamphlet of self-justification so long after the deed, even if I put one out. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Her uncle's displeasure was terrible to her; but what could her justification or her gratitude and attachment do for him? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But it seems these people think they have a better justification; nothing less than the Word of God. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- One wouldn't mind if there were any justification for it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It is unsound to urge that, say, Latin has a value per se in the abstract, just as a study, as a sufficient justification for teaching it. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I don't mean to offer that as a justification, but what could I suppose, when you were a silent party to all he said? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The profession, either navy or army, is its own justification. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- As matter of fact, such schemes of values of studies are largely but unconscious justifications of the curriculum with which one is familiar. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Justifications are unnecessary, I hope, on either side. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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