self-justifiˈcation [self- 1 a.] The action of justifying or excusing oneself. 1775in Ash.1826Miss Mitford VillageSer. ii. (1863) 359 The total absence of sullenness and self-justification towards her superiors.1876Bancroft Hist.U.S. III. vi. 371 He abounded in repetitions and explanatory self-justification.