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What does justification mean?

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Noun
  1. A reason, explanation, or excuse which provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.
  2. (typography) The alignment of text to the left margin (left justification), the right margin (right justification), or both margins (full justification).
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No libertarian could possibly construct a justification for violating the liberty of another person.
He said there was no justification in using the land for employment as it would simply replace jobs in the city centre.
Her justification for the legitimacy of astrology as a valid science went something like this.
The apologetic justification of church division has in many cases been a source of heated confessional intolerance.
There is also a religious justification for the ban in this staunchly Lamaist Buddhist kingdom.
Such interest, however, does not provide a morally satisfactory justification for violently repressing the Pullman strike.

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