Justification vs. Rationale

Justificationnoun

A reason, explanation, or excuse which provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.

Justificationnoun

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

Justificationnoun

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.

Justificationnoun

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

Justificationnoun

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

Justificationnoun

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.

Justificationnoun

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

Justificationnoun

a statement in explanation of some action or belief

Justificationnoun

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

Rationalenoun

An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something.

Rationalenoun

A justification or rationalization for something.

Rationalenoun

An explanation or exposition of the principles of some opinion, action, hypothesis, phenomenon, or the like; also, the principles themselves.

Rationalenoun

(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature);