Assertion: justification | /r/HasProperty | purity
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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.