different between justification vs grounds

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French justification, from Late Latin iustificationem, justificationem < iustificatio, from iustifico, from Latin iustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??st?f??ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

justification (countable and uncountable, plural justifications)

1. (countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.
2. (Christianity, uncountable) The forgiveness of sin.
   • 1999, Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification:

     […] to articulate a common understanding of our justification by God’s grace through faith in Christ.

3. (typography, uncountable) The alignment of text to the left margin (left justification), the right margin (right justification), or both margins (full justification).

Antonyms

• conviction
• condemnation

Derived terms

• self-justification

Related terms

• justify
• acquittal
• exculpation

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Late Latin iustificationem, justificationem < iustificatio, from iustifico, from Latin iustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ys.ti.fi.ka.sj??/

Noun

justification f (plural justifications)

1. justification (reason, excuse, etc.)

Related terms

• justifier

Further reading

• “justification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Late Latin iustificationem, justificationem.

Noun

justification f (plural justifications)

1. justification (all senses)

Descendants

• ? English: justification
• French: justification

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?ndz/
• Hyphenation: grounds

Etymology 1

Noun

grounds

1. plural of ground

Verb

grounds

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ground

Etymology 2

From ground (“basis, surroundings”)

Noun

grounds (plural grounds)

1. (law) Basis or justification for something.

2. The collective land areas that compose a larger area.

Derived terms

• groundskeeper
• stomping grounds

Translations

Etymology 3

From ground, past participle of to grind

Noun

grounds pl (plural only)

1. The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.

   coffee grounds

Translations

Anagrams

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