justifying

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noun

A process of justification.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of justify
nounjustifying (plural justifyings)

plural justifyings

  1. A process of justification.

    So very precocious was the youth's sagacity, and premature his opinions; but of course, so surrounded, so employed, hearing of nothing but oppressions, and complainings, and justifyings, the bias was inevitable.

    1829, Colburn's New Monthly Magazine, page 562
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APA

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