It is without justification that money has been called one of the greatest inventions of man.
Source: tatoeba (23657)
Justification
//ˌd͡ʒʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "justification" (106 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (53)
justnesslawfulnesslayoutlegalityline of typelinotypemeasure for measuremeetnessmonotypenemesisoccasionpardonphotocompositionphotosettingphototypesetterphototypesetting machinepleapoetic justicepropernesspropriety
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provocationpurgationpurgingpurificationquoinrationalerationalizationreasonrehabilitationreinstatementrestorationretributive justicerightrightfulnessrightnessrude justicesainthoodsaintingsanctificationscales of justicesectariansettingsetting apartslugstate of gracesummary justicetitletypesettingtypesetting machinevindicationwarrantabilitywarrantednesswhat is right
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5 entriesderived
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1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
82 translations across 36 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- arsyetim noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- shpjegim noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Arabic
1 entries- تَبْرِير noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Armenian
2 entries- արդարացում noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- տողաշտկում noun (text alignment)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bəraət noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Belarusian
1 entries- апраўда́нне noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Bulgarian
3 entries- извине́ние noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- оправда́ние noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- подравня́ване noun (text alignment)
Catalan
1 entries- justificació noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 正當化 /正当化 noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Czech
4 entries- odůvodnění noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- ospravedlnění noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- zarovnání noun (text alignment)
- zdůvodnění noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Dutch
1 entries- rechtvaardiging noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Esperanto
1 entries- apologio noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Ewe
1 entries- afiatsotso noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Finnish
4 entries- oikeutus noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- suljenta noun (text alignment)
- tasaus noun (text alignment)
- vanhurskauttaminen noun (forgiveness of sin)
French
2 entries- justification noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- justification noun (text alignment)
Georgian
2 entries- გამართლება noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- გასწორება noun (text alignment)
German
4 entries- Ausrichtung noun (text alignment)
- Begründung noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- Blocksatz noun (text alignment)
- Rechtfertigung noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Greek
4 entries- αιτιολόγηση noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- απολόγηση noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- δικαιολογία noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- στοίχιση noun (text alignment)
Hungarian
2 entries- igazítás noun (text alignment)
- indoklás noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Irish
1 entries- réasún noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Italian
4 entries- giustificazione noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- giustificazione noun (text alignment)
- ragione noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- scusa noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Japanese
3 entries- ジャスティフィケーション noun (text alignment)
- 正当化 noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- 行揃え noun (text alignment)
Korean
1 entries- 정당화 noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Māori
1 entries- parahautanga noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Occitan
1 entries- justificacion noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Persian
2 entries- بهانه noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- توجیه noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Polish
3 entries- justyfikacja noun (text alignment)
- usprawiedliwienie noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- uzasadnienie noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Portuguese
4 entries- explicação noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- justificativa noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- justificação noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- justificação noun (text alignment)
Romanian
2 entries- justificare noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- justificație noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Russian
2 entries- выра́внивание noun (text alignment)
- оправда́ние noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Slovak
2 entries- odôvodnenie noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- zdôvodnenie noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Spanish
3 entries- justificación noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- justificación noun (text alignment)
- motivación noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Swedish
4 entries- justering noun (text alignment)
- rättfärdigande noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- rättfärdiggörelse noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- rättfärdiggörelse noun (forgiveness of sin)
Tagalog
2 entries- paghuhustipika noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- pangangatwiran noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Turkish
4 entries- gerekçe noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- haklı çıkma noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- mazeret noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
- müstenidat noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ви́правдання noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Welsh
1 entries- cyfiawnhad noun (reason, explanation, or excuse)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The work of art, I decided, was the final product of human activity, and the final justification for all the misery, the endless toil and the frustrated strivings of humanity.
Source: tatoeba (238443)
Until there is justification or evidence, we do not know if it is true what he says.
Source: tatoeba (2373203)
The United States bombed civilians in Japan with nuclear weapons. Nowadays, some US officials are considering the idea of doing it again in other countries. They are just trying to find a justification for that.
Source: tatoeba (2435507)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.