justification
英[dʒʌstɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,dʒʌstɪfɪ'keʃən]
- n. 理由；辩护；认为有理，认为正当；释罪
英英释意
- 1. something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary;
- "he considered misrule a justification for revolution"
- 2. a statement in explanation of some action or belief
- 3. the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning;
- "the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"- H.J.Muller