justification

英 [dʒʌstɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] 美[,dʒʌstɪfɪ'keʃən]

• n. 理由；辩护；认为有理，认为正当；释罪

1. something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary;

"he considered misrule a justification for revolution"

2. a statement in explanation of some action or belief

3. the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning;

"the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"- H.J.Muller