Found 3 items, similar to Justification.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: justification
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: justification
justification
n 1: something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an
action to be reasonable or necessary;
“he considered
misrule a justification for revolution”
2: a statement in explanation of some action or belief
3: the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by
reasoning;
“the justification of barbarous means by holy
ends”- H.J.Muller
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Justification
Justification
\Jus`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. justificatio: cf. F.
justification. See
Justify.]
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1. 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.
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I hope, for my brother's justification, he wrote
this but as an essay or taste of my virtue. --Shak.
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2. (Law) The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason
why a party charged or accused did that for which he is
called to answer.
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3. (Theol.) The act of justifying, or the state of being
justified, in respect to God's requirements.
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Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised
again for our justification. --Rom. iv. 25.
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In such righteousness
To them by faith imputed, they may find
Justification toward God, and peace
Of conscience. --Milton.
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4. (Print.) Adjustment of type (in printing), or of the final
spacing of printed text, by spacing it so as to make it
exactly fill a line, or line up at one edge of the
allotted portion of the printed page; adjustment of a cut
so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads,
quads, etc., used for making such adjustment; as, left
justification is the most common format for simple
letters, but left and right justification is typically
used in books.
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