Antonyms for justification

Grammar : Noun

Spell : juhs-tuh-fi-key-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌdʒʌs tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən

Definition of justification

Origin : late 14c., "administration of justice," from Late Latin iustificationem (nominative iustificatio), noun of action from past participle stem of iustificare (see justify). Meaning "action of justifying" is from late 15c. Theological sense is from 1520s.

noun reason, excuse

Example sentences :

He would at least himself stand amid no small amount of justification.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

His justification would then be too conclusive to admit of question.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various

Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

Here no voice was raised in its favor—no word of justification advanced in its behalf.
Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh

In his heart he knew there was justification for her indictment, truth in what she had said.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

"That would be no justification if I wasn't in the right," said Turkey.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

There could be no other justification for such an intrusion.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

She had not seemed to think that fact, or any fact, necessary to her lover's justification.
Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens

Many reasons were assigned by railroad men in justification of their practices.
Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee

Much has been said in justification of this view of war from the biological point of view.
Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby

Synonyms for justification

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