Assertion: justification | /r/HasProperty | reason
Facets:
value: for committing an act
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Justification is a reason acceptable to a court as to why the defendant did what he is charged with having done.
text: Loosely speaking, justification is the reason that someone (properly) holds a belief.
text: Justification is a reason for committing an act which otherwise would constitute an actionable wrong or tort.
text: As nouns the difference between justification and righteousness is that justification is a reason, explanation, or excuse which provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence while righteousness is (uncountable) the quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude righteousness, as used in scripture and theology, in which it chiefly occurs, is nearly equivalent to holiness, comprehending holy principles and affections of heart, and conformity of life to the divine law.
text: As nouns the difference between evidence and justification is that evidence is obviousness, clearness while justification is a reason, explanation, or excuse which provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.
text: As nouns the difference between justification and rationale is that justification is a reason, explanation, or excuse which provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence while rationale is an explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something.
text: As nouns the difference between justification and rationalization is that justification is a reason, explanation, or excuse which provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence while rationalization is the process, or result of rationalizing.
text: Justification is the reason why someone properly holds a belief, the explanation as to why the belief is a true one, or an account of how one knows what one knows.
text: Loosely speaking, justification is the reason that someone (properly) holds a belief.
text: Justification is the reason why someone properly holds a belief, the explanation as to why the belief is a true one, or an account of how one knows what one knows.
text: A justification is the reason why your thesis is valid.