Justification may refer to: *

Reason (argument) In the most general terms, a reason is a consideration in an argument which justifies or Explanation, explains an action, a belief, an Attitude (psychology), attitude, or a fact. ''Normativity, Normative reasons'' are what people appeal to when m ...

Justification (epistemology) Justification (also called epistemic justification) is a property of beliefs that fulfill certain norms about what a person should believe. Epistemology, Epistemologists often identify justification as a component of knowledge distinguishing it f ...

, a property of beliefs that a person has good reasons for holding *

Justification (jurisprudence) Justification is a defense in a criminal case, by which a defendant who committed the acts asserts that because what they did meets certain legal standards, they are not criminally culpable for the acts which would otherwise be criminal. Justifi ...

, defence in a prosecution for a criminal offenses *

Justification (theology) In Christian theology, justification is the event or process by which sinners are made or declared to be righteous in the sight of God. In the 21st century, there is now substantial agreement on justification by most Christian communions. The ...

, God's act of declaring or making a sinner righteous before God *

Justification (typesetting) In typesetting and page layout, alignment or range is the setting of text flow or image placement relative to a page, column (measure), table cell, or tab (and often to an image above it or under it). The type alignment setting is sometimes ref ...

, a kind of typographic alignment *

Rationalization (making excuses) Rationalization is a defense mechanism (ego defense) in which apparent logical reasons are given to justify behavior that is motivated by unconscious instinctual impulses. It is an attempt to find reasons for behaviors, especially one's own. Ra ...

, a phenomenon in psychology

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