- justification - something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary; "he considered misrule a justification for revolution"
--1 is a kind of circumstance, condition, consideration
Derived forms: verb justify3, verb justify1, verb justify2 - justification - a statement in explanation of some action or belief
--2 is a kind of explanation, account
--2 has particulars:cause, reason, grounds; defense, defence, vindication Derived forms: verb justify4, verb justify3, verb justify1, verb justify2 - justification - the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning; "the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"- H.J.Muller
--3 is a kind of vindication, exoneration
Derived forms: verb justify3, verb justify1