justification - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'justification' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Justification

[ n.]

- 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; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification.
- The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.
- The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements.
- Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment.

Meaning of 'justification' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . justification

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary

Example in sentence:

he considered misrule a justification for revolution

Meaning (2):
- the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning

Example in sentence:

the justification of barbarous means by holy ends

Nearby Words:

jussi just justice justiceable justicehood justicement justicer justiceship justiciable justiciar

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Internal justification
In social psychology, internal justification is a way of resolving cognitive dissonance which underlies the most powerful kind of attitude change. E.g. if you feel, on reflection,

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