justification
(noun)
noun
1. something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary
- he considered misrule a justification for revolution
Definition categories: thought, circumstance, condition, consideration
2. a statement in explanation of some action or belief
Definition categories: communication, account, explanation
3. the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning
- the justification of barbarous means by holy ends
Definition categories: act, exoneration, vindication