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• n  something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary
  he considered misrule a justification for revolution
• n  a statement in explanation of some action or belief
• n  the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning
  the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"- H.J.Muller

• Their topic was Martin Luther's ideas about justification by faith, rancor over which was fast splitting Western Christianity in two.
• At least Joe Lieberman stood on a principle (his belief in the justification for the war in Iraq) and others who've switched parties in the past (like Jim Jeffords) have cited a .
• There is no justification for that.

News & Articles

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• Intelligence community provides fuller justification for data collection
  The intelligence community has provided Congress additional counterterrorism justification for the government's controversial stockpiles of telephone and Internet records.
  June 16, 2013 - WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley
• DA: Reedsburg man used Bible as justification for molestation
  Prosecutors say a Reedsburg man used the Bible as justification for molesting a young child.
  June 15, 2013 - Reedsburg Times-Press
• Judge bans Fort Hood suspect's defense strategy
  FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A uniformed Army psychiatrist had no justification for gunning down U.S. troops and won't be allowed to tell jurors that he was protecting Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, a military judge ruled Friday, appearing to clear the way for the Fort Hood murder trial to begin.
  June 14, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Nancy Pelosi in USA Today
  The burden is on the president to justify any additional resources for a mission,said Pelosi, D-Calif. "Congress is ready to use its constitutional authority of oversight to question what is the justification for this spending, what are...
• David Miliband in Times Online
  This latest bombing attack in Islamabad is yet another shocking and disgraceful attack without justification,Miliband said. "Such an indiscriminate and brutal act of terror deserves the condemnation of the entire international community....
• Tony Blair in Forbes
  There was no justification whatever ...... for their detention, it was completely unacceptable, wrong and illegal,Blair told the House of Commons, shortly after the Ministry of Defense released satellite data that it said proved the crew was...