Dictionary Entry
justification
justification is a 13-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 25 in Scrabble and 30 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
13 letters · Scrabble 25 · Words With Friends 30 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.
- 3noun
The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements.
- 4noun
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.
- 5noun
the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning- H.J.Muller
"the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"
- 6noun
something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary
"he considered misrule a justification for revolution"
- 7noun
a statement in explanation of some action or belief
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