"find justification" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone looking for a reason to defend a decision or opinion they have made. For example: "The defendant could not find justification for his actions."
No strict constructionist will find justification for warrantless searches in the Constitution.
During the constant arguments about race and merit, everyone could point to Mr. Obama and find justification for their views.
Mr. West made a similar point, saying you could find justification in Darwin for both maternal instinct and for infanticide.
As the US is still at war with al-Qaida, it can find justification in self-defence and article 51 of the UN charter.
The church's eternal perspective did not allow members "to condone such behaviours or to find justification in the laws that permit them", Oaks said.
Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist at the University of Virginia, said, "Reasoning, when we do it, is mostly to find justification for what we already believe".
It is easy for them to find justifications for yet higher prices.
But on Thursday, harbor officials barred a French boat from refueling, he said, an indication that Greek officials might find justifications for retaining the other ships in port.
We effortlessly and intuitively "see that" something is true, and then we work to find justifications, or "reasons why," which we can give to others.
It's no surprise that most choose not to think about it and others strain to find justifications for slightly lesser evils like "free range", "organic", cruelty-free and other "happy meat" marketing buzzwords.
When we left, friends and family tried to find justifications for his behavior.
