(n.) The act of justifying or the state of being
justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law,
justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments
in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits
justification.
(n.) The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason
why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to
answer.
(n.) The act of justifying, or the state of being
justified, in respect to God's requirements.
(n.) Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it
exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place;
also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment.
