{
    "term": "justification",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a good reason why something exists or is done",
            "sensetop": "justification for doing somethingjustification for somethingwith (some) justificationwithout justification",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I can see no possible justification for increasing taxes any further.",
                    "contextForm": "justification for doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I could find no real justification for the proposed reorganization.",
                    "contextForm": "justification for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was getting angry—and with some justification.",
                    "contextForm": "with (some) justification"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was arrested entirely without justification.",
                    "contextForm": "without justification"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can see some justification for her remarks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had not given him the slightest justification for thinking she was interested in him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Such a step requires substantial justification to be accepted by the public."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was no compelling justification for the invasion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government is struggling to find a justification for this war."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "every", "some"],
                "verb + justification": [
                    "give (somebody)",
                    "offer (somebody)",
                    "provide (somebody with)"
                ],
                "preposition": [
                    "in justification",
                    "with justification",
                    "without justification"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "as an explanation of why something exists or why somebody has done something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All I can say in justification of her actions is that she was under a lot of pressure at work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the argument which he put forward in justification"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdʒʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/",
                "audio": "ju/justification/justification__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdʒʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/",
                "audio": "ju/justification/justification__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}