Justification: alternatives and connections

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.

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Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.

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The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.

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The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in S…

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The act of vindicating, or the state of being vindicated; defense; justification against denial or censure; as, the vindication of opinions; his vind…

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That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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See Defense.

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Alt. of Defence

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A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered…

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The act of vindicating, or the state of being vindicated; defense; justification against denial or censure; as, the vindication of opinions; his vind…

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To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.

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To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.

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