Justification and Score

Justification

Justification noun - An explanation that frees one from fault or blame.

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Score and justification are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Score" instead a noun "Justification".

Score noun - A lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong.

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Justification and score are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Justification" instead a noun "Score".

Nearby Words: scored, scoring, scorer, scoreless

good	good justification	good score
best	best justification	best score
exact	exact justification	exact score
particular	particular justification	particular score
Other adjectives: better, similar, perfect, certain, original, proper, poor, actual, entire, main, decent, possible, different.

Revenge: Seiko and Andou use the Deadly Game they are caught in as justification for attempting to murder each other, but really they are just trying settle the score they had back in high school.

Source: Anime / Dangan Ronpa 3
It does not matter to them whether or not the work is good, or even if they have seen it, the sheer fact that it scores higher on the same list is for them enough justification to give it a score that is that low.

Source: Hate Dumb
Judges are asked to score competitors on a 30-point scale, but any score below 20 is to be reserved for extreme circumstances in which the judge must provide a written justification of why they gave a score lower than 20.

Source: Four Point Scale

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