[U,C] ~ (for sth / doing sth) a good reason why sth exists or is done:
I can see no possible justification for any further tax increases. * He was getting angry-and with some justification.
IDIOMS
in justification (of sb/sth) as an explanation of why sth exists or why sb has done sth:
All I can say in justification of her actions is that she was under a lot of pressure at work.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for justification is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is justification a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, justification is tagged as noun.
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