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justification

[ juhs-tuh-fi-key-shuhn ]

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.

  3. the state of being justified.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.


justification

/ ˌʌɪɪˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. reasonable grounds for complaint, defence, etc
  2. the act of justifying; proof, vindication, or exculpation
  3. theol
    1. the act of justifying
    2. the process of being justified or the condition of having been justified
  4. Also calledjustification by faith Protestant theol the doctrine that God vindicates only those who repent and believe in Jesus
  5. printing computing the process of adjusting interword spacing in text or data so that both right and left margins are straight
  6. computing the process of moving data right or left so that the first or last character occurs in a predefined position
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ܲ·پ·ھ··پDz noun
  • ·ܲ·پ·ھ··پDz noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of justification1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Late Latin ūپھپō-, stem of ūپھپō, from ūپھ(ܲ) “justified” (past participle of ūپھ; justify ) + -ion ( def )
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The book's publishers said Mr Shegwara is facing legal proceedings over the "alleged possession of classified security documents, without legal justification."

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He said it was "not fair" to remove vulnerable children from a school where their needs are met, to an environment where they are not met, without "weighty justification".

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Sassoon and six other other high-level Justice officials resigned over the controversy, saying there was no legal justification to dismiss Adams' case.

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Multiple environmental groups have already filed Freedom of Information Act requests seeking out the list of applicants and their purported justifications for the presidential exemptions to the Clean Air Act.

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Those property owners would need to include a justification for using federal funds on their cleanup, Fenton said.

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