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jus·ti·fi·ca·tion

(jŭs′tə-fĭ-kā′shən)

a. The act of justifying.

b. The condition or fact of being justified.

2. Something, such as a fact or circumstance, that justifies: considered misgovernment to be a justification for revolution. See Synonyms at apology.

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justification

(ˌdʒʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃən)

1. reasonable grounds for complaint, defence, etc

2. the act of justifying; proof, vindication, or exculpation

3. (Theology) theol

a. the act of justifying

b. the process of being justified or the condition of having been justified

4. (Theology) Protestant theol Also called: justification by faith the doctrine that God vindicates only those who repent and believe in Jesus

5. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing computing the process of adjusting interword spacing in text or data so that both right and left margins are straight

6. (Computer Science) computing the process of moving data right or left so that the first or last character occurs in a predefined position

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jus•ti•fi•ca•tion

(ˌdʒʌs tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən)

n.

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

2. an act of justifying.

3. the state of being justified.

4. the act of God whereby humankind is absolved of guilt or sin.

5. the act or result of justifying a line or lines of type.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin]

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Noun	1.	justification - something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary; "he considered misrule a justification for revolution" consideration, circumstance, condition - information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take"
	2.	justification - a statement in explanation of some action or belief explanation, account - a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account" cause, grounds, reason - a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice" vindication, defense, defence - the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory"
	3.	justification - the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning; "the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"- H.J.Muller vindication, exoneration - the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.; "friends provided a vindication of his position"

justification

noun reason, grounds, defence, basis, excuse, approval, plea, warrant, apology, rationale, vindication, rationalization, absolution, exoneration, explanation, exculpation, extenuation I knew there was no justification for what I was doing.

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justification

noun

1. A statement that justifies or defends something, such as a past action or policy:

apologetic, apologia, apology, defense, vindication.

2. A statement of causes or motives:

account, explanation, rationale, rationalization, reason.

3. A justifying fact or consideration:

basis, foundation, reason, warrant.

4. That which provides a reason or justification:

call, cause, ground (often used in plural), necessity, occasion, reason, wherefore, why.

Idiom: why and wherefore.

Translations

تَبْريرمُبَرِّر

odůvodněníoprávněníospravedlněníospravedlněnýzarovnání

grundretfærdiggørelse

Rechtfertigung Berechtigung

δικαιολογία

justificación

oikeutus

défense justification raison valable

indokoltság

réttlæting

giustificazione scusa

begrunnelse rettferdiggjøring

justificativa

выравнивание выключка

opravičilo

gerekçehaklı çıkarmahaklı neden

正当的理由证明为正当

justification

[ˌdʒʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃən] N → justificación f
there's no justification for it → esto no tiene justificación posible
in justification of or for sth → como justificación de algo

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justification

[ˌdʒʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃ^ən] n → justification f
there's no justification for ... → rien ne peut justifier ...
it could be said, with some justification that ... → on pourrait dire, à juste titre, que ...

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justification

→ Rechtfertigung f (→ of +gen, → for für); it can be said in his justification that … → zu seiner Verteidigung or Entschuldigung kann gesagt werden, dass …; as (a) justification for his action → zur Rechtfertigung or Verteidigung seiner Handlungsweise; he had no justification for lying → er hatte keine Rechtfertigung or Entschuldigung für seine Lüge

(Typ) → Justieren nt; (Comput) → Randausgleich m

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justification

[ˌdʒʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃ/ən] n → giustificazione f
in justification of or for → a giustificazione di

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justify

(ˈdʒastifai) verb

1. to prove or show (a person, action, opinion etc) to be just, right, desirable or reasonable. How can the government justify the spending of millions of pounds on weapons when there is so much poverty in the country?

2. to be a good excuse for. Your state of anxiety does not justify your being so rude to me.

ˌjustiˈfiable adjective

(negative unjustifiable) able to be justified. Is dishonesty ever justifiable?

ˌjustifiˈcation (-fi-) noun

1. (the act of) justifying or excusing.

2. something that justifies. You have no justification for criticizing him in that way.

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I am sorry to have incurred his displeasure, but can expect nothing better while he is so very eager in Lady Susan's justification. He is very severe against me indeed, and yet I hope I have not been hasty in my judgment of her.

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Letters are good, when a man would draw an answer by letter back again; or when it may serve for a man's justification afterwards to produce his own letter; or where it may be danger to be interrupted, or heard by pieces.

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But when it is necessary for him to proceed against the life of someone, he must do it on proper justification and for manifest cause, but above all things he must keep his hands off the property of others, because men more quickly forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony.

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Better quarters could have been found him, but Marshal Davout was one of those men who purposely put themselves in most depressing conditions to have a justification for being gloomy.

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But why do I mention justification? His own heart would not suffer him to destroy a human creature who, he thought, loved him, and had to that love sacrificed her innocence.

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But of time and of becoming shall the best similes speak: a praise shall they be, and a justification of all perishableness!

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I remember the persuasion settling itself in my mind that the words those two men had said to each other would furnish us, not only with our justification for leaving the house, but with our weapons of defence against them as well.

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Neither is the moral justification or condemnation of conduct aimed at here.

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There could have been no such justification for me as the plain assent of her experience to whatever depth of depravity I found credible in our brace of scoundrels.

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It grew upon my mind, once I could face the facts, that terrible as our posi- tion was, there was as yet no justification for absolute despair.

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Every lingering struggle in his favour grew fainter and fainter; and in farther justification of Mr.

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He never makes a fool of the spectator by feigning that passion is a reason or justification, or that suffering of one kind can atone for wrong of another.