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justification

/ justification /

noun

noun Sense 1

the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning

"the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"- H.J.Muller"

Type of:

vindication exoneration

Derived:

apologize apologise excuse justify rationalize

noun Sense 2

something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary

"he considered misrule a justification for revolution"

Type of:

circumstance condition consideration

Derived:

apologize apologise excuse justify rationalize

noun Sense 3

a statement in explanation of some action or belief

Type of:

explanation account

Kinds of:

cause reason grounds defense defence

Derived:

absolve justify free apologize apologise

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