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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Justification \Jus`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. justificatio: cf. F.
   justification. See {Justify}.]
   1. The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a
      showing or proving to be just or conformable to law,
      justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support;
      as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct;
      his disobedience admits justification.

            I hope, for my brother's justification, he wrote
            this but as an essay or taste of my virtue. --Shak.

   2. (Law) The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason
      why a party charged or accused did that for which he is
      called to answer.

   3. (Theol.) The act of justifying, or the state of being
      justified, in respect to God's requirements.

            Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised
            again for our justification.          --Rom. iv. 25.

            In such righteousness To them by faith imputed, they
            may find Justification toward God, and peace Of
            conscience.                           --Milton.

   4. (Print.) Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it
      exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the
      right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making
      such adjustment.

資料來源 : WordNet®

justification
     n 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