[juhs-tuh-fi-key-shuh
n] 
| 1. | a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends: His insulting you was ample justification for you to leave the party. |
| 2. | an act of justifying: The painter's justification of his failure to finish on time didn't impress me. |
| 3. | the state of being justified. |
| 4. | Also called justification by faith. Theology. the act of God whereby humankind is made or accounted just, or free from guilt or penalty of sin. |
| 5. | 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. |