Justification vs. Righteousness — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Justification and Righteousness
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Justification
The act of justifying.
Righteousness
Righteousness is the quality or state of being morally correct and justifiable. It can be considered synonymous with "rightness" or being "upright".
Justification
The condition or fact of being justified.
Righteousness
The quality of being morally right or justifiable
We had little doubt about the righteousness of our cause
Conviction of his own moral righteousness gave his oratory an irresistible power
Justification
Something, such as a fact or circumstance, that justifies
Considered misgovernment to be a justification for revolution.
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Righteousness
Morally upright; without guilt or sin
A righteous parishioner.
Justification
(countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.
Righteousness
In accordance with virtue or morality
A righteous judgment.
Justification
The forgiveness of sin.
Righteousness
Righteous people considered as a group.
Justification
The alignment of text to the left margin (left justification), the right margin (right justification), or both margins (full justification).
Righteousness
(uncountable) The quality or state of being righteous.
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.
I hope, for my brother's justification, he wrote this but as an essay or taste of my virtue.
Righteousness
Holiness; conformity of life to the divine law.
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.
Righteousness
(countable) A righteous act, or righteous quality.
Justification
The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements.
Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification.
In such righteousnessTo them by faith imputed, they may findJustification toward God, and peaceOf conscience.
Righteousness
The act or conduct of one who is righteous.
Justification
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.
Righteousness
(theology) The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification.
Justification
Something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary;
He considered misrule a justification for revolution
Righteousness
The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.
Justification
A statement in explanation of some action or belief
Righteousness
A righteous act, or righteous quality.
All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.
Justification
The act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning;
The justification of barbarous means by holy ends
Righteousness
The act or conduct of one who is righteous.
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Righteousness
The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground of justification.
There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith, hope, and charity, and other Christian virtues.
Only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.
Righteousness
Adhering to moral principles
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