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UK
/dʒˌʌstɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ˌdʒəstəfəˈkeɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌdʒəstəfəˈkeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary
he considered misrule a justification for revolution -
the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning
the justification of barbarous means by holy ends - a statement in explanation of some action or belief
How To Use justification In A Sentence
- In defamation the falsity of the libel or slander is presumed; but justification is a complete defence.
- But of time and of becoming shall the best similes speak: a praise shall they be, and a justification of all perishableness! Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none
- Is there a justification for retaining the word in literature from the past, when its use would have reflected common parlance?
- Long grassers drinking and partying habits are used as justification for this persecution.
- This is without justification either ancient or modern. The Times Literary Supplement
- She was arrested entirely without justification.
- There is no justification for allowing illegal traders in open spaces other than the markets.
- But these considerations cannot be a justification for avoiding substantive political reform. Times, Sunday Times
- Education may enhance the ability to produce justifications, rather than eliminate racism toutcourt.
- If anybody's got a persuasive argument in favour of the blasted thing I'll give it a hearing, but I've yet to hear one that doesn't sound like a justification for faffing about instead of working. Archive 2009-06-01
