What are some opposite words for justification?
Antonyms for justification
ˌdʒʌs tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃənjus·ti·fi·ca·tion
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term justification.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
justification
All these words express one's answer to a charge of wrong or error that is or might be made. Apology has undergone a remarkable change from its old sense of a valiant defense — as in Justin Martyr's Apologies for the Christian faith — to its present meaning of humble confession and concession. He who offers an apology admits himself, at least technically and seemingly, in the wrong. An apology is for what one has done or left undone; an excuse may be for what one proposes to do or leave undone as well; as, one sends beforehand his excuse for not accepting an invitation; if he should fail either to be present or to excuse himself, an apology would be in order. An excuse for a fault is an attempt at partial justification; as, one alleges haste as an excuse for carelessness. Confession is a full acknowledgment of wrong, generally of a grave wrong, with or without apology or excuse. Plea ranges in sense from a prayer for favor or pardon to an attempt at full vindication. Defense, exculpation, justification, and vindication are more properly antonyms than synonyms of apology in its modern sense, and should be so given, but for their connection with its historic usage. Compare CONFESS; DEFENSE.
Antonyms:
accusation, censure, charge, complaint, condemnation, imputation, injury, insult, offense, wrongSynonyms:
acknowledgment, apology, confession, defense, exculpation, excuse, plea, vindicationPreposition:
An apology to the guest for the oversight would be fitting.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
justification
Antonyms:
condemnation, censure, conviction, protest, abandonment, inculpation, recrimination, implication, aggravationSynonyms:
vindication, apology, defence, advocacy, maintenance, plea, exoneration, exculpation
Matched Categories
Princeton's WordNet
justificationnoun
something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary
"he considered misrule a justification for revolution"
justificationnoun
a statement in explanation of some action or belief
justificationnoun
the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning
"the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"- H.J.Muller
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
justificationnoun
Synonyms:
vindication, exuplpation, exoneration, defense
How to use justification in a sentence?
There is no justification why you would stop all the mining operations.
There is simply not ample evidence to support the president's contention that there exists a national security crisis at our Southwestern border, therefore, there is no justification for the ongoing presence of Wisconsin National Guard personnel at the border.
The USA FREEDOM Act ends the NSA's unfettered data collection program once and for all, while at the same time preserving the government's ability to obtain information to track down terrorists when it has sufficient justification and support for doing so.
There is no justification for a reduction in gasoline prices at this moment, it would be a populist measure.
Fitch's view is purely speculative, lacking justification.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1453 | charge | |
#1673 | wrong | |
#2620 | injury | |
#4888 | complaint | |
#7144 | offense | |
#7148 | protest | |
#9120 | conviction | |
#10672 | justification | |
#17766 | insult | |
#17846 | implication | |
#22556 | condemnation | |
#22574 | abandonment | |
#28954 | accusation | |
#31090 | imputation | |
#42143 | censure | |
#47656 | aggravation | |
#153775 | recrimination |
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