Definitions for justificationˌdʒʌs tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

jus•ti•fi•ca•tionˌdʒʌs 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.

    Category: Religion

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

    Category: Printing

Origin of justification:

1350–1400; ME < LL

Princeton's WordNet

  1. justification(noun)

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

    "he considered misrule a justification for revolution"

  2. justification(noun)

    a statement in explanation of some action or belief

  3. justification(noun)

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

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

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. justification(noun)ˌdʒʌs tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən

    a reason why sth is done or is right

    There is no justification for telling lies.

Wiktionary

  1. justification(Noun)

    A reason, explanation, or excuse which provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.

  2. justification(Noun)

    The alignment of text to the left margin (left justification), the right margin (right justification), or both margins (full justification).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Justification(noun)

    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

  2. Justification(noun)

    the showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer

  3. Justification(noun)

    the act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements

  4. Justification(noun)

    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


Translations for justification

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

justification(noun)

(the act of) justifying or excusing.

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