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What is the noun for justifying?

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justice
  1. The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
  2. The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
  3. Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
  4. The civil power dealing with law.
  5. A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized as a title.
  6. Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “We are doing so for reasons of justice and not in the delusive hope of greater security.”
      “With scrupulous justice, the marriage counselor noted that both parties were equally to blame.”
      “It was an egregious attempt to pervert the course of justice.”
justiciary
  1. (Scotland, countable, chiefly historical) A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
  2. (Originally Scotland, uncountable) The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc.
  3. (historical) One who administers justice, particularly:
    1. (historical) A judge or justice.
    2. (historical) A magistrate.
    3. (historical) A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
    4. (historical) A justiciar: a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
    5. (historical) Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
  4. (theology) A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The justiciary oversaw the fair application of the law and ensured justice was served to all individuals.”
justification
  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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  4. Examples:
    1. “Is there a justification for retaining the word in literature from the past, when its use would have reflected common parlance?”
      “Typographic conventions for full-text justification depend on the writing system, the content language, and the calligraphic style of the text.”
      “He said there was no justification in using the land for employment as it would simply replace jobs in the city centre.”
justiciar
  1. (historical) One who administers justice, particularly:
    1. (historical) A high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
    2. (historical) A justice: a high-ranking judge.
    3. (historical) A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
    4. (historical) Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
  2. (theology) A justiciary: a believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The appointment of the justiciar ensured the fair and impartial administration of the law in the city.”
      “In Scotland the justiciar was the supreme law officer until replaced in the 15th cent. by the lord justice general.”
      “Theobald was a brother of Hubert Walter, the future archbishop of Canterbury and justiciar and chancellor of England.”
justificationism
  1. (philosophy) An approach that regards the justification of a claim as primary, while the claim itself is secondary; thus, criticism consists of trying to show that a claim cannot be reduced to the authority or criteria that it appeals to.
justicement
  1. (obsolete) Administration of justice; procedure in courts of justice.
justicer
justificationist
  1. (philosophy) A proponent of justificationism.
justiceship
  1. The office or dignity of a justice.
  2. Examples:
    1. “On October 19th, 1663, he was promoted to the Chief Justiceship of the King's Bench.”
      “These actions eventually led to his transfer to the Chief Justiceship of the King's Bench, where it was felt he could do less damage.”
      “From the beginning of Dickson's Chief Justiceship to the end of December 2006, there were 432 cases with 610 separate concurrences bearing 906 judicial signatures.”
justiciability
  1. (law) The ability of a subject matter to be evaluated and resolved by a court.
  2. Examples:
    1. “But this aspect of the decision, which seems less important than the justiciability question, may not establish a lasting precedent.”
      “Here we see clarity and precision mentioned as the conditions of justiciability and of direct applicability of EC law in national courts.”
      “I anticipate it is unnecessary to say anything about justiciability, no one present having raised the issue.”
justifier
  1. (philosophy) One who, or that which, justifies (some belief or action).
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “This is to say that, in her view, the ultimate justifier for any claim to know is the community of believers.”
      “Christ's role as the Justifier takes primacy over that of Christ as Second Adam or the sacrificial lamb of the atonement.”
      “First up is the Ron Harris-trained FANTASY JUSTIFIER at Lingfield.”
justificator
  1. One who justifies or vindicates.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The legal team relied on an expert justificator to present compelling evidence that vindicated the defendant.”
justness
  1. the state of being just; fairness
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “There are thousands who believe in the justness of this war who are sickened with loathing of the means taken to obtain soldiers to carry it on.”
      “This would be one who believes himself to be an exception to rules of fairness, justness, or courtesy.”
      “In evaluating the justness of any military venture, it's critical to weigh the anticipated benefits against the expected costs.”
justifiability
  1. The property of being justifiable.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The current test of justifiability is thus based on an objective balancing of reasonableness.”
      “In this study we question the justifiability of the assumption of a single evolutionary model acting on all branches of a tree.”
      “In other words, exceptions remain available, but must satisfy the Court's multi-criteria standards of justifiability.”
just
justifying
justifiedness
  1. (philosophy) The quality of being justified.
justifiableness
  1. Justifiability.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It has been deemed proper, in commencing a course of lectures on war, to make a few introductory remarks respecting this question of its justifiableness.”
      “I am not now prejudging the question of its justifiableness.”
justing
  1. Obsolete form of jousting.
justificationists
  1. plural of justificationist
justifiabilities
justifications
  1. plural of justification
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I could intellectualise, of course I could, tracing influences and references and justifications.”
      “The targets and justifications for attacking them shift with dizzying rapidity.”
      “First, environmental justifications for trade restrictions are sometimes little more than covert protectionism.”
justificators
justiceships
  1. plural of justiceship
justifyings
justiciaries
  1. plural of justiciary
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Though they are valued as warriors and justiciaries, they have a difficult time with more social activities.”
      “The judges who sat in this court were distinguished by the name of justices, or justiciaries.”
      “Other justiciaries also have claimed the government to increase salaries.”
justiciars
justifiers
  1. plural of justifier
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “One of consumers' favorite justifiers for home decorating purchases is that a particular item has worn out and needs to be replaced.”
      “And perhaps, for any justified belief and accompanying justifiers, one can become aware of the justifiers, and do this merely by reflection.”
      “These items of evidence or reasons offered in the act of justifying, we may say, are the justifiers for the belief in question.”
justicers
justnesses
justices
  1. plural of justice
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “If that is true of licensing justices, the same must be true of the crown court.”
      “The application is made to the magistrates' court and not specifically to the licensing justices.”
      “Also ahead tonight, the justices and Janet Jackson the Supreme Court actually weighing in on remember that wardrobe malfunction?”
justings
  1. plural of justing
justs
  1. plural of just
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