SELF-JUSTIFICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-justification mean? 

• SELF-JUSTIFICATION (noun)
  The noun SELF-JUSTIFICATION has 1 sense:

1. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

  Familiarity information: SELF-JUSTIFICATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELF-JUSTIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

alibi; exculpation; excuse; self-justification

Context example:

his transparent self-justification was unacceptable

Hypernyms ("self-justification" is a kind of...):

defence; defense; vindication (the justification for some act or belief)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-justification"):

extenuation; mitigation (a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances)