as in excuse
an explanation that frees one from fault or blame
offered a weak justification for why he was so late
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Recent Examples of justification
Trump cited Biden-era directive from 2022 as justification for the action.
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 6 Aug. 2025
Just this week, the National Park Service cited that order as part of its justification for plans to reinstall a Confederate statue that protesters toppled in 2020.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
The latter executive order has been used as justification for other major changes in national parks across the country, including signs asking visitors to report negative information about past or living Americans.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 6 Aug. 2025
The justification for these cuts has been cloaked in the language of fiscal responsibility.
—Trickleup, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 6 Aug. 2025
Just this week, the National Park Service cited that order as part of its justification for plans to reinstall a Confederate statue that protesters toppled in 2020.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
The latter executive order has been used as justification for other major changes in national parks across the country, including signs asking visitors to report negative information about past or living Americans.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 6 Aug. 2025
The justification for these cuts has been cloaked in the language of fiscal responsibility.
—Trickleup, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for justification
Noun
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The party is a perfect excuse for various people in his life to approach him with their own agendas.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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As in the never-ending parade of ostensibly Christian exorcism movies, religious belief here seems like a superficial excuse for a stock array of supernatural hoodoo — no matter how many times Chalik’s Abuyya pauses the action to mouth some healing doctrine.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There’s a reason the best legal templates in the startup world are clean, readable, and no more than a few pages long.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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This idea of people disappearing for various reasons became a motif –from the most historical, cruel examples to the daily life cases.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Justification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/justification. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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