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Meanings of justification in English

Portuguese
justificação
Spanish
teoría de la justificación

In epistemology, the reason why someone properly holds a belief, the explanation as to why the belief is a true one, or an account of how one knows what one knows.

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justificação
Portuguese
descriminante
Spanish
justificación
Catalan
justificació

Defence in a prosecution for a criminal offense.

descriminante
Catalan
justificació

Typographical alignment.

justificació
Usage of justification in English
1
The justification for the state of Israel takes a number of forms.
The Irish Times
2
Mr Eusoff said there was no justification for violence in the Koran.
Radio NZ
3
The ethical issue of justification has become an urgent issue in radiology.
Pubmed
4
His words were widely seen as justification for illegal and shoddy construction.
Reuters
5
It also claims it has been given no justification for the ban.
Radio NZ
6
In my opinion, there is no religious justification for homophobia, Shorten said.
The Guardian
7
There is no justification for such action, he said in a statement.
The Guardian
8
You loved him; do nothing to deny it; it is your justification.
Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
9
But these quests were also personal; exploration is a type of justification.
The Irish Times
10
The speed bump simply doesn't give us any justification for delaying action.
The Guardian
11
There was room for it here; there was occasion; there was justification.
The Cow Puncher
12
And in many instances they often convinced others to see the justification.
Desperate cargo
13
At the same time, the great intellectual justification of science has vanished.
Jurassic Park
14
Really it's just a Ponzi scheme. Which ties into the second justification.
News.com.au
15
But the qualifying term in my title must be invoked in justification.
The Ancient East
16
In its way, Habdalah is a justification for the idea of art.
Kalooki Nights
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Justification through the time
Justification across language varieties
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Common
United Kingdom
Common
New Zealand
Common
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