Justification vs. Grounds — What's the Difference?

The act of justifying.

The solid surface of the earth.

The condition or fact of being justified.

The floor of a body of water, especially the sea.

Something, such as a fact or circumstance, that justifies

Soil; earth

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

Often grounds An area of land designated for a particular purpose

The forgiveness of sin.

Often grounds The land surrounding or forming part of a house or another building

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

An area or a position that is contested in or as if in battle

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.

Something that serves as a foundation or means of attachment for something else

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

A surrounding area; a background.

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

Often grounds The foundation for an argument, belief, or action; a basis.

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.

Often grounds The underlying condition prompting an action; a cause

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

(legal) Basis or justification for something.

A statement in explanation of some action or belief

The collective land areas that compose a larger area.

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

The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.

Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief;

The enclosed land around a house or other building;

A tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)

A justification for something existing or happening;

Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid