01 n. The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defe…
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The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification.“I hope, for my brother's justification, he wrote this but as an essay or taste of my virtue.” — Shak.
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The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.(Law)
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The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements.(Theol.)“Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification.” — Rom. iv. 25.“In such righteousness To them by faith imputed, they may find Justification toward God, and peace Of conscience.” — Milton.
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Adjustment of type (in printing), or of the final spacing of printed text, by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or line up at one edge of the allotted portion of the printed page; adjustment of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment; as, left justification is the most common format for simple letters, but left & right justification is typically used in books.(Print.)