<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends: His insulting you was ample justification for you to leave the party.</li><li>an act of justifying: The painter's justification of his failure to finish on time didn't impress me.</li><li>the state of being justified.</li><li>Also called justification by faith.</li><li>Theology: the act of God whereby humankind is made or accounted just, or free from guilt or penalty of sin.</li><li>Printing: the spacing of words and letters within a line of type so that all full lines in a column have even margins both on the left and on the right.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>