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Plural of justification

regular plural

The plural of justification is justifications.

Forms of justification

Singularjustification /ˌd͡ʒʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Pluraljustifications
Countablecountable and uncountable

Justifications in a sentence

  • The growing use of social media to spread anger and dissent in the Arab world has been hailed by western governments as one of the chief justifications for a completely unfettered internet.2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian, archived from the...
  • The simplest rejoinder to all of Daenerys’ justifications is that this bloodshed could have been avoided.2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club…. From the entry rejoinder
  • Thus, settler colonialism involves a daedal arrangement of justifications and unhistories in order to deny genocide and brutality.2014, Eve Tuck, Marcia McKenzie, Place in Research: Theory, Methodology, and Methods, page 154. From the entry unhistory
  • This chapter examines the justifications that can and have been put forward in support of a postsovereign polity in Europe.2009, Glyn Morgan, The Idea of a European Superstate, page 112. From the entry postsovereign
  • There were no technical or business justifications for not offering browserless versions of Windows or allowing OEMs to uninstall the browser.2007, William Hepburn Page, John E. Lopatka, The Microsoft case: antitrust, high technology, and consumer welfare. From the entry browserless

Meaning of justification

  1. noun A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.
  2. noun The forgiveness of sin.
  3. noun The alignment of text to the left margin (left justification), the right margin (right justification), or both margins (full justification).

Full definition of justification

Questions about the plural of justification

What is the plural of justification?
The plural of justification is justifications.
Is justification countable?
Justification is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: justification (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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