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justifications
Overview of noun justification
The noun justification has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) justification -- (something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary; "he considered misrule a justification for revolution")
2. (2) justification -- (a statement in explanation of some action or belief)
3. justification -- (the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning; "the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"- H.J.Muller)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun justification
3 senses of justification
Sense 1
justification
=> circumstance, condition, consideration
=> information
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
justification
=> explanation, account
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
justification
=> vindication, exoneration
=> clearing
=> liberation, release, freeing
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun justification
1 of 3 senses of justification
Sense 2
justification
=> cause, reason, grounds
=> defense, defence, vindication
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun justification
3 senses of justification
Sense 1
justification
=> circumstance, condition, consideration
Sense 2
justification
=> explanation, account
Sense 3
justification
=> vindication, exoneration
Antonyms of noun justification
Member Holonyms of noun justification
Substance Holonyms of noun justification
Part Holonyms of noun justification
Member Meronyms of noun justification
Substance Meronyms of noun justification
Part Meronyms of noun justification
Meronyms of noun justification
Holonyms of noun justification
Attributes of noun justification
Derived Forms of noun justification
3 senses of justification
Sense 1
justification
RELATED TO>(verb) justify#3
=> apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
RELATED TO>(verb) justify#1
=> justify, warrant
RELATED TO>(verb) justify#2
=> justify, vindicate
Sense 2
justification
RELATED TO>(verb) justify#4
=> absolve, justify, free
RELATED TO>(verb) justify#3
=> apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
RELATED TO>(verb) justify#1
=> justify, warrant
RELATED TO>(verb) justify#2
=> justify, vindicate
Sense 3
justification
RELATED TO>(verb) justify#3
=> apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
RELATED TO>(verb) justify#1
=> justify, warrant
Domain of noun justification
Domain Terms of noun justification
Familiarity of noun justification
justification used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun justification
3 senses of justification
Sense 1
justification
> circumstance, condition, consideration
=> justification
=> mitigating circumstance
Sense 2
justification
> explanation, account
=> simplification
=> accounting
=> reason
=> justification
=> exposition
=> explication
=> gloss, rubric
=> deriving, derivation, etymologizing
=> definition
=> interpretation
=> walk-through
Sense 3
justification
> vindication, exoneration
=> justification
=> rehabilitation
Meronyms of noun justification
3 senses of justification
Sense 2
justification
=> explanation, account
HAS PART: explicandum, explanandum
HAS PART: explanans
Holonyms of noun justification
Grep of noun justification
justification
self-justification
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