noun
- Something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary.
- usage: "he considered misrule a justification for revolution"
- A statement in explanation of some action or belief.
- The act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning. "the justification of barbarous means by holy ends- H. J. Muller
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