self-justification

self-jus·ti·fi·ca·tion

(sĕlf′jŭs′tə-fĭ-kā′shən)n. The act of making excuses to justify one's actions or behavior.

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self′-jus′ti·fy·ing adj.

self-justification

n the act or an instance of justifying or providing excuses for one's own behaviour, etc

self′-justifica′tion

n. the act or fact of justifying oneself, esp. of offering excessive explanations for one's actions or thoughts. [1765–75]

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self-justification - a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"exculpation, excuse, alibivindication, defense, defence - the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory"extenuation, mitigation - a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances

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