Justificative

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  • adjective. Serving as justification.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Justifying; having power to justify; justificatory.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having power to justify; justificatory.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. justificatory
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
  • adjective. providing justification
  • Word Usage
    "Unconsciously insincere, like the majority of people in their justificative confessions, Balzac often allowed his heart to intrude where it had no business to be present."
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