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justification 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/ˌjəstəfiˈkāSHən/,
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justifications, plural;
  1. The action of showing something to be right or reasonable
    • - the justification of revolutionary action
    • - he made a speech in justification of his career
  2. Good reason for something that exists or has been done
    • - there is no justification for an increase in charges
    • - all these incidents were used again as a justification for my dismissal
  3. The action of declaring or making righteous in the sight of God

  4. The action or manner of justifying a line of type or piece of text


  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
  4. (justificatory) defensive: attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
  5. (justificatory) justificative: providing justification
  6. (justified) having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
  7. Theory of justification is a part of epistemology that attempts to understand the justification of propositions and beliefs. Epistemologists are concerned with various epistemic features of belief, which include the ideas of justification, warrant, rationality, and probability. ...
  8. Justification can be a defense in a prosecution for a criminal offense. When an act is justified, a person is not criminally liable even though his act would otherwise constitute an offense.
  9. In Christian theology, justification is God's act of declaring or making a sinner righteous before God. The concept of justification occurs in many books of the Old and New Testaments.
  10. (Justified (album)) Justified is the debut album by American pop singer Justin Timberlake. Released during the hiatus of the group *NSYNC, the album signaled Timberlake's desire to craft a more mature image than that of a "boy band member". ...
  11. (Justified (TV series)) Justified is an American television drama series created by Graham Yost based on the fictional character Raylan Givens, a U.S. Marshal, from Elmore Leonard's novels Pronto and Riding the Rap and his short story "Fire in the Hole". ...
  12. (Justify (The Rasmus song)) "Justify" is the second single released from the 2008 album, Black Roses by the Finnish rock band, The Rasmus.
  13. A reason, explanation, or excuse which provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence; The alignment of text to the left margin (left justification), the right margin (right justification), or both margins (full justification)
  14. (justify) To provide an acceptable explanation for; To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant; To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned; To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin
  15. (justified) Text which is flush to both the left and right margins.
  16. (justified) Describes printed text which has even margins on both the left and right hand side. This is achieved by varying (justifying) the space between letters and words on each line so that all lines of text are the same length. (See also kerning.)
  17. (justified) Lines of type that are even on the right as well as the left side.
  18. (Justified) (Acts 13:39) The term means legally acquitted of guilt. In Romans 3:21-22, Paul adds a further dimension of justification: the positive gift of righteousness, the restored relationship with God that flows from forgiveness and acquittal.
  19. (Justified) List of type or copy are of even lengths on one (right or left) or both sides.
  20. (Justified) To be made just and right in God's sight which occurs through our faith in Christ. "...being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus" (Rom. 3:24).
  21. (Justified) differs from the original one in that a default is not applied if thereby the set T becomes inconsistent with a justification of an applied default;
  22. (justified) A paragraph style where all the lines of text have the same length. The browser inserts whitespace between words and characters to pad out shorter lines. Compare with ragged.
  23. (justified) The quotations below are divided into two groups. The first group includes all the ego's activities and beliefs that are never justified, for example fear, anger and sacrifice. ...
  24. (justify) The alignment of text along a margin or both margins. This is achieved by adjusting the spacing between the words and characters as necessary so that each line of text finishes at the same point.
  25. (justify) In Composition, to space out lines uniformly to the correct length.