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Synonyms for self-justification
self-jus·ti·fi·ca·tion

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  1. excuse, alibi, exculpation, self-justificationnoun

    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"

    Synonyms:
    apology, excuse, exculpation, alibi

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  1. Thomas Szasz:

    Psychoanalysis is an attempt to examine a person's self-justifications. Hence it can be undertaken only with the patient's cooperation and can succeed only when the patient has something to gain by abandoning or modifying his system of self-justification.


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  • आत्म औचित्यHindi
  • justificatio suiLatin
  • சுய நியாயம்Tamil

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