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nouna statement in explanation of some action or belieftype of:
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"he considered misrule a justification for revolution"nounsomething (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessarytype of:
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"the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"nounthe act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoningtype of:
Definition that contains justification
- excuse serve as a reason or cause or justification of
- cause a justification for something existing or happening
- reason a justification for something existing or happening
- explain serve as a reason or cause or justification of
- defense the justification for some act or belief
- grounds a justification for something existing or happening
- defence the justification for some act or belief
- calvin Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)
- justify show to be right by providing justification or proof
- inexcusable without excuse or justification