Justificatory vs. Justification — What's the Difference?

Serving as justification.

The act of justifying.

Providing justification

The condition or fact of being justified.

Vindicatory; defensory; justificative.

Something, such as a fact or circumstance, that justifies

Attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing

(countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.

Providing justification

The forgiveness of sin.

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

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.

The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.

The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements.

Adjustment of type (in printing), or of the final spacing of printed text, by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or line up at one edge of the allotted portion of the printed page; adjustment of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment; as, left justification is the most common format for simple letters, but left and right justification is typically used in books.

Something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary;

A statement in explanation of some action or belief

The act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning;