justification
Grounds for action
Justification is the act of showing something to be right, reasonable, or warranted: There's no justification for that kind of behavior.
In law, justification is a defense showing conduct was lawful despite causing harm.
In typography and word processing, justification is the alignment of text—left-justified, right-justified, or fully justified with even margins on both sides.
Reasoned case or dispute
- rationaleStated basis for action
- explanationStatement making something clear
- groundsBasis for justification
- basisUnderlying support or principle
reasoning · logic · evidence · premise · inference · deduction · analysis · proof
Offered reason for wrongdoing
- alibiDefense of location
- pleaFormal request or defense
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
- vindicationClearance of blame
exoneration · mitigation · exculpation · rebuttal · acquittal · self-defense · pardon · absolution
Proving something accurate
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- proofDemonstration of truth
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
substantiation · corroboration · certification · attestation · documentation · endorsement · support · ratification
Study of right conduct
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- conscienceInternal moral sense
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
virtue · fairness · duty · rightness · legitimacy · honor · integrity · responsibility
Trust held as true
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- truthAccordance with reality
- warrantFormal authorization document
- foundationalismKnowledge rests on basics
externalism · skepticism · epistemic · rationalism · empiricism
Power to enforce obedience
- validityQuality of being sound
- legitimationFormal recognition as lawful
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
authenticity · permissibility · rightfulness · authorization · sanction · warrant · legality · entitlement
Correct relative positioning
- flushSame suit, five cards
- raggedWorn to shreds
- marginEdge of a page
- trackingMonitoring location over time
kerning · leading · column · gutter · hyphenation · paragraph · indent · block
Indispensable requirement
- duressCoercion through threats
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- entrapmentDefense against induced criminality
provocation · insanity · self-defense · immunity · infancy · intoxication · automatism · abandonment
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
- rationaleStated basis for action
- explanationStatement making something clear
- groundsBasis for justification
basis · reasoning · logic · evidence · premise · inference · deduction · analysis · proof · conclusion
excuse
Offered reason for wrongdoing
vindication · exoneration · mitigation · exculpation · rebuttal · acquittal · self-defense · pardon · absolution · counterargument
verification
Proving something accurate
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- proofDemonstration of truth
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
authentication · substantiation · corroboration · certification · attestation · documentation · endorsement · support · ratification · affirmation
ethics
Study of right conduct
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- conscienceInternal moral sense
principles · virtue · fairness · duty · rightness · legitimacy · honor · integrity · responsibility · rectitude
belief
Trust held as true
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- truthAccordance with reality
- warrantFormal authorization document
foundationalism · externalism · skepticism · epistemic · rationalism · empiricism
authority
Power to enforce obedience
- validityQuality of being sound
- legitimationFormal recognition as lawful
- acceptanceConsent to receive
recognition · authenticity · permissibility · rightfulness · authorization · sanction · warrant · legality · entitlement · lawfulness
alignment
Correct relative positioning
tracking · kerning · leading · column · gutter · hyphenation · paragraph · indent · block · widow
necessity
Indispensable requirement
- duressCoercion through threats
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- consentVoluntary agreement given
entrapment · provocation · insanity · self-defense · immunity · infancy · intoxication · automatism · abandonment
- coping mechanismsrepression, denial, projection, sublimation, rationalization
- word processingword processor, WordPerfect, text editor, Microsoft Word, copy
- alignmentalign, aligned, wheel alignment, spine alignment, spinal alignment
- argumentsargument, arguing, disagreement, bickering, dispute
- excusesexcuse, not my fault, overslept, alibi, excuses
- explanationswhy, how come, explication, what happened, definition
justificationcondemnation
Severe disapproval expressed formally
accusation · blame · incrimination · indictment · censure
justificationcriticism
Judgment of faults
condemnation · attack · refutation · denunciation · repudiation
justificationgroundlessness
Absence of valid basis
baselessness · unfoundedness · irrationality · arbitrariness · invalidation
- moral justificationRationale for ethical permissibility
- legal justificationGrounds making something lawful
- ethical justificationReasoned moral defense