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- Dictionaryjustification/ˌdʒʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/
noun
- 1. the action of showing something to be right or reasonable: "the justification of revolutionary action"
- 2. the action of declaring or making righteous in the sight of God.
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a good reason or explanation for something: There is no justification for treating people so badly. It can be said, with some justification, that she is one of the greatest actresses on the English stage today. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Motives and reasons. autotelic. causeless. drive. first principles. from a place of idiom.
: an acceptable reason for doing something : something that justifies an act or way of behaving. could provide no justification for his decision. 2. : the act, process, or state of being justified by God (see justify sense 2a) 3. : the process or result of justifying lines of text (see justify sense 3a)
A justification for something is an acceptable reason or explanation for it. To me the only justification for a zoo is educational. American English : justification / dʒʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃən /
Close in meaning to an explanation, a justification is specifically for defending or explaining an event. The idea that he was just trying to scare his little sister was a pretty weak justification for the elaborate gag.
a good reason or explanation for something: There is no justification for treating people so badly. It can be said, with some justification, that she is one of the greatest actresses on the English stage today. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Motives and reasons. autotelic. causeless. drive. first principles. from a place of idiom.
Justification definition: a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends. See examples of JUSTIFICATION used in a sentence.
Definition of justification noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies. 2. an act of justifying. 3. the state of being justified.
A complete guide to the word "JUSTIFICATION": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
Justification is used to talk about finding or understanding reasons for actions, or trying to explain why it is a good idea to do something. It is often used with words like little , no , some , every , without , and not any .
