Antonyms for justification
ˌdʒʌs tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃənjus·ti·fi·ca·tion

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1. 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, wrong

   Synonyms:
   acknowledgment, apology, confession, defense, exculpation, excuse, plea, vindication

   Preposition:
   An apology to the guest for the oversight would be fitting.

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1. justification

   Antonyms:
   condemnation, censure, conviction, protest, abandonment, inculpation, recrimination, implication, aggravation

   Synonyms:
   vindication, apology, defence, advocacy, maintenance, plea, exoneration, exculpation

Matched Categories

1. • Circumstance
   • Explanation
   • Vindication

Princeton's WordNet

1. justificationnoun

   something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary

   "he considered misrule a justification for revolution"

2. justificationnoun

   a statement in explanation of some action or belief

3. justificationnoun

   the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning

   "the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"- H.J.Muller

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1. justificationnoun

   Synonyms:
   vindication, exuplpation, exoneration, defense

How to use justification in a sentence?

1. Robert Menendez:

   You're still not in compliance with the law, nor has the administration provided a justification for its lack of respect for the law.

2. President Obama:

   There’s no possible justification for these kinds of attacks or any violence against law enforcement.

3. Barack Obama:

   Two brave men won't be going home to their loved ones tonight, and for that, there is no justification, the officers who serve and protect our communities risk their own safety for ours every single day - and they deserve our respect and gratitude every single day.

4. Godfrey Massay:

   Those who kill each other are not the cause of the problem - and this fact is unknown to them, when I see a farmer and a pastoralist fighting, I honestly find no justification as to why that should happen.

5. Paul Chan:

   Fitch's view is purely speculative, lacking justification.

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