1. 辩护，辩明，辩解
2. 证明为正当
3. 正当的理由，辩解的理由，证明为正确的事实
4. 无咎，无过失
5. 【神】释罪
6. 【印】齐行，（活字行间的）整理，整版
7. 【计】 对齐

1. [U][C]正当的理由; 辩解的理由 a good or proper reason for doing sth

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"
   

1.正当理由；合理的解释
Ajustification for something is an acceptable reason or explanation for it.

e.g. To me the onlyjustification for a zoo is educational...
对我来说，动物园存在的唯一正当理由是其教育作用。
e.g. I knew from the beginning that there was nojustification for what I was doing.
我从一开始就知道我的所作所为毫无道理。

1. 合理化：基于这个理论,使用记号的行为可以援引规则来得到合理化(justification),而这种合理化的结果是,我们说这个记号是有意义的. 这样,我们就得到一种关于意义的二分理论,一方面是无意义的、物理的记号,另一方面,是赋予记号以意义的规则,

1. I can see no justification for dividing the company into smaller units.
   我认为没有理由把公司划分成小单位。
2. We have sound justification for what we do.
   人们对自己所做的事都会有辩解的理由。

in justification of

为…辩解as a defence for sth

• Nothing can with reason be urged in justification of revenge.

  出自：J. Butler