justification

US: /ˌdʒəstəfəˈkeɪʃən/
UK: /d‍ʒˌʌstɪfɪkˈe‍ɪʃən/


English Vietnamese dictionary


justification /,dʤʌstifi'keiʃn/
  • danh từ
    • sự bào chữa, sự biện hộ, sự chứng minh là đúng; lý lẽ bào chữa
    • (ngành in) sự sắp chữ cho đúng hàng đúng chỗ

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
[U, C] ~ (for sth / doing sth) a good reason why sth exists or is done: I can see no possible justification for any further tax increases. + He was getting angry-and with some justification.
Idioms: in justification (of sb/sth) as an explanation of why sth exists or why sb has done sth: All I can say in justification of her actions is that she was under a lot of pressure at work.

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

considerable, every, some
You have every justification for feeling angry.
| the slightest
She had not given him the slightest justification for thinking she was interested in him.
| ample, sufficient | ethical, moral | intellectual, rational, theoretical | legal, political

VERB + JUSTIFICATION

give (sb), provide (sb with)
She's unable to provide any justification for her actions.
| see

PREP.

in ~
the argument which he put forward in justification
| with ~
He felt, with some justification, that he had been unfairly treated.
| without ~
She was arrested entirely without justification.
| ~ for
I can see some justification for her remarks.


Concise English dictionary


justifications‚dʒʌstɪfɪ'keɪʃn
noun
+something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary
+a statement in explanation of some action or belief
+the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning