justifications
- 1Plural of justification.
The committee rejected the proposed justifications for the budget overrun.
Her report listed the legal justifications behind each policy change.
Note
A plural that belongs to only one meaning of its singular. Justification as a reason or excuse is a countable noun, so it takes -s: the justifications for a decision, offered or rejected one by one. The theological sense, the forgiveness of sin, and the typesetter's sense, aligning text to a margin, are uncountable. For those the singular stays: full justification, not full justifications.
justifications is a form of justification
justification, noun: A reason, explanation, or excuse that someone believes gives convincing, morally acceptable support for an action, belief, or event. Full entry
- Forms
- justificationjustifications plural
- Spelling
- justification → justifications: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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