- Explanation - 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. - The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason
why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to
answer. - The act of justifying, or the state of being
justified, in respect to God's requirements. - Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it
exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place;
also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment.