justification

[ juhs-tuh-fi-key-shuhn ]
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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.

  1. the state of being justified.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

Origin of justification

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Late Latin jūstificātiōn-, stem of jūstificātiō, from jūstificāt(us) “justified” (past participle of jūstificāre; see justify ) + -iō -ion

Other words from justification

  • pre·jus·ti·fi·ca·tion, noun
  • re·jus·ti·fi·ca·tion, noun
  • su·per·jus·ti·fi·ca·tion, noun

Words Nearby justification

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How to use justification in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for justification

justification

/ (ˌdʒʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃən) /


noun
  1. reasonable grounds for complaint, defence, etc

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

  1. theol

    • the act of justifying

    • the process of being justified or the condition of having been justified

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

  3. printing computing the process of adjusting interword spacing in text or data so that both right and left margins are straight

  4. 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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