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justification

[ juhs-tuh-fi-key-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends:

    His insulting you was ample justification for you to leave the party.

  2. an act of justifying:

    The painter's justification of his failure to finish on time didn't impress me.

  3. the state of being justified.
  4. 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.
  5. 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

  1. reasonable grounds for complaint, defence, etc
  2. the act of justifying; proof, vindication, or exculpation
  3. theol
    1. the act of justifying
    2. the process of being justified or the condition of having been justified
  4. Also calledjustification by faith Protestant theol the doctrine that God vindicates only those who repent and believe in Jesus
  5. printing computing the process of adjusting interword spacing in text or data so that both right and left margins are straight
  6. computing the process of moving data right or left so that the first or last character occurs in a predefined position
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ·ܲ·پ·ھ··پDz noun
  • ·ܲ·پ·ھ··پDz noun
  • ··ܲ·پ·ھ··پDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of justification1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Late Latin ūپھپō-, stem of ūپھپō, from ūپھ(ܲ) “justified” (past participle of ūپھ; justify ) + -ion ( def )
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Example Sentences

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The judiciary should not accept incoherent justifications merely because they originate from the White House.

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The Justice Deprtment meanwhile drafted secret internal justifications, later widely dubbed the “torture memos,” authorizing harsh interrogation techniques.

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But Trump also leaned on recent disasters as part of his justification, noting that “forest management and wildfire risk-reduction projects can save American lives and communities.”

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For those unclear on how paying way more for bananas and blue jeans will boost your testosterone, well, the tortured justification they offer isn't helpful.

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This, they insist you should know, is integral to the conservative culture of life, and their ideological justification for the claim that everything they do is good for families.

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justifiable homicidejustification by grace, through faith