Justification

Word JUSTIFICATION
Character 13
Hyphenation jus ti fi ca tion
Pronunciations /ˌdʒʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Justification"

What do we mean by justification?

The act of justifying. noun

The condition or fact of being justified. noun

Something, such as a fact or circumstance, that justifies: synonym: apology. noun

The act of justifying, or of showing something to be just or right; proof of fairness, propriety, or right intention; vindication; exculpation; upholding. noun

Specifically In law: The showing of a sufficient reason in court why a defendant did what he is called to answer: as, a plea in justification. noun

Proof by a surety offered for a party of whom security is required in legal proceedings that he is of adequate pecuniary ability. noun

In theology, the act by which the soul is reconciled to God. noun

The act of adjusting or making exact; the act of fitting together, as the parts of anything: as, the justification of lines or types, in printing. noun

Synonyms and Exculpation, exoneration. 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 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. noun

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

Adjustment of type (in printing), or of the final spacing of printed text, by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or line up at one edge of the allotted portion of the printed page; adjustment of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment. noun

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

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

The act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning noun

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

A statement in explanation of some action or belief noun

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

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

The act of trying to find plausible answers for your not always too bright actions, motives, speeches, or any other physical/mental commited by anything. Urban Dictionary

Justification, verb, the act of making excuses for your foolish actions. Can be used as another form of blagging. Urban Dictionary

The act of making something extremely gay and jewish; named after Justin Urban Dictionary

A very manly person, is smart and may be known as a gangster. He has it all. He attracts many of the opposite gender but is never seen partnering up with the same. Urban Dictionary

To prove the usefullness of ones actions or state of being Urban Dictionary

An alternate name for a car indicator, when used after a turn has commenced, to justify the drivers actions Urban Dictionary

Junkie justification is used by people addicied to drugs who try and justify that the drugs are good and ok in moderation Urban Dictionary

After an insane party or drunken night when one does something regrettable to watch Skins (usually UK) to feel better and that there are plenty of other people out there doing stupid things. Urban Dictionary

When you call someone out who's wronged you and they try to use your response, anger, or retaliation to justify what they did. Urban Dictionary

Noun; a "not guilty" plea made by anyone, regardless of private or public status, in response to an action ordered by a public body that considers itself superior in rank and / or class. Also known as "Nuremberg defense," "just doing my job," "just following orders," "superior orders" Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Justification

  • Antonyms for justification
  • Justification antonyms not found!

The word "justification" in example sentences

When we discuss the nature of justification, we must distinguish between two different issues: First, what do we mean when we use the word ˜justification™? ❋ Steup, Matthias (2005)

That the writings of Mr. Boole and myself "go to the full justification of" this "principle," is only true in the sense in which the Scotch use, or did use, the word _justification_. ❋ Augustus De Morgan (1838)

If the sincere reception of the sacraments actually secures pardon or justification _per se, immediately_, without the intervening instrumentality of a living faith, then faith is not the only condition of justification as the scriptures teach, but we are justified either by faith, or by the sacraments, and then there will be _three conditions of justification_, faith, baptism, and the Lord's Supper! ❋ Unknown (1836)

The latter discards the deontology of the former, but takes the term justification 'to denote the condition which, according to the former, is sufficient for satisfying the duty that, according to the former but not the latter, is in fact laid on us human beings. ❋ 1932- (2000)

We saw also that there are analogically extended senses of the term justification '; but none of them is such that it is clear that a Christian believer can't be justified, in that sense, in holding Christian belief. ❋ 1932- (2000)

III de fide justif., sec. xi: "The term justification in this instance means the declaring just, the freeing from sin and the eternal punishment of sin in consideration of the justice of Christ imputed to faith by God." ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The term justification is used both in the Old Testament and the New. ❋ Charles Ebert Orr (1897)

We do not feel that the justification is there to do what we did. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I think what we've got now is what I call justification fatigue. ❋ Unknown (2003)

We also have a statement from the JUI, one of the hardline Islamic parties here, whose leader today was put under house arrest saying this attack by United States is what they call justification for a jihad, a holy war, as they have been saying for the last four weeks and they are also calling for mass demonstrations tomorrow. ❋ Unknown (2001)

It is evaded alike by those who set too highly the grace given in baptism, and by those who, setting this too low, direct our attention to another point in a man's life, which they call his justification or conversion. ❋ Thomas Arnold (1818)

July 12th, 2009 12: 15 pm ET what is also disturbing to me is, the often utilized justification from the right, that revealing the wrongs that our government and country have committed is the wrong thing to de because it gives our country a bad image. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So everytime Obama Admin makes a mistake or does something wrong, the justification is "well, Bush did it too ..."?????? ❋ Unknown (2010)

The form of the justification is so familiar, too: "Persons A, B, and C did something bad to us, so we will punish persons D, E, and F, who 'look like' the former group in our eyes." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Rumpole helped the public – and the bar – to understand that the need to protect the liberty of the subject is the main justification for the profession, and certainly for its independence. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The most common justification is the one quoted above, that students will be led to read The Scarlet Letter after they've read Tuesdays With Morrie. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That does not make them unimportant but to now rely upon the macro result as the primary justification is a dodge and dishonest. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Arguing about degrees of torture as justification is obscene. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Justifying or excusing this deception; whether the justification comes from the French growers, Gallo or Constellation, the contest judges or the wine critics having tasted this wine or last but not least the retail and restaurant buyers who tasted and bought this wine, makes you part of the problem not part of the solution. ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, ever incident that happens and, without justification, is blamed on racism does nothing but add to this problem. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Jeffery, any justification as to why you crapped inside the [flowerpot]?" "Oh, I heard that the price of fertilizer was going up, so I thought hell, why not" "Jeffery, [go to your room]" "But your my school janitor" "And don't assume I won't beat your ass now [GO TO YOUR ROOM]!" ❋ Tom. M (2006)

justification of why you [shagged] [your sister] is [easy] ❋ Pickle (2005)

[Skateboarding] was [totally cool] until it underwent a [complete] justification. ❋ JT Dollar Sign (2003)

"[Oh damn] dude your [becoming] a Justifer!" "[That dude] is such a Justifer" ❋ James Chillenbrak (2020)

[Mercer]: "Don't make me justificate myself for wearing this [ghetto] a** [hat]" ❋ Devreser (2007)

oh, that [car] [turned] and now the [justificator] is on! ❋ Bfunny (2010)

Dude what are u doing smoking the crack pipe? [Its ok] dude [its good] to have in [moderation]. Boom junkie justification. ❋ IdiotProofDude (2017)

I know,I did [five] [full] hours of [Skins justification] ❋ ElectricWalrusContrabassoon (2011)

Person A: "I only [lied] because I knew you'd [react] like this!" Person B: "That's some [retroactive justification] bullshit! That's not how time works. The cause happens BEFORE the result, dumbass!" ❋ Gaius315 (2022)

As [wildfires] [raged] on the coast and social media outside Canada lit up with reports and footage, Meta and Instagram claimed the Nuremberg justification against the [federal government] over Bill C-18. ❋ ReverseHaloEffect (2023)

Cross Reference for Justification

What does justification mean?

Best Free Book Reviews
Book Name Author
Seed Money E-Book B. E. Baker
Satin and Saddles E-Book Cheyenne McCray
Her Deadly End E-Book Tikiri Herath
Recurve E-Book Shannon Mayer
The Wedding Agreement E-Book Annie Dyer
Best IOS App Reviews