Synonyms for justification
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : juhs-tuh-fi-key-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌdʒʌs tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for justification
- absolution
- account
- acquittal
- advocacy
- answer
- apologia
- defense
- exculpation
- exoneration
- extenuation
- grounds
- idea
- mitigation
- palliation
- palliative
- plea
- raison d'être
- rebuttal
- redemption
- reply
- response
- salvation
- sanctification
- song and dance
- story
- support
- validation
- warrant
- whatfor
- wherefore
- whitewashing
- whole idea
- why and wherefore
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for justification
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