justice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪs/
Forms: form: justices
Etymology: From Middle English justice, from Old French justise, justice (Modern French justice), from Latin iūstitia (“righteousness, equity”), from iūstus (“just”), from iūs (“right”), from Proto-Italic *jowos, perhaps literally "sacred formula", a word peculiar to Latin (not general Italic) that originated in the religious cults, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. Doublet of Justitia.
Partly displaced native Old English rihtwīsnes (Modern English righteousness < rightwiseness).
Senses: examples: text: the justice of a description
text: This even-handed justice / Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vii]:
text: God recognized the justice of the moon's plea and compensated for its diminution by promising that only the moon would be seen both day and night.
ref: 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 8:
glosses: The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
examples: text: Justice was served.
glosses: The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
examples: text: to demand justice
glosses: Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
examples: text: Ministry of Justice
text: the justice system
glosses: The civil power dealing with law.
examples: text: Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court
text: Gee, I guess that’s up to the justices. Can’t imagine this court — which I find too conservative but not crazy — is going to issue a ruling that says a president can break any law in the land as an “official act” without consequence.
ref: 2024 March 4, Gail Collins, Bret Stephens, “Trump Is the Leading Man”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.
examples: text: As to Perſons of Quality, they give Security to appropriate a certain Sum for each Child, ſuitable to their Condition; and theſe Funds are always managed with good Husbandry and the moſt exact Juſtice.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “Of the Inhabitants of Lilliput; […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), pages 106–107:
glosses: Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
Synonyms: sense: judge of various lower courts
word: judge
sense: judge of a superior court
word: justiciar
sense: judge of a superior court
word: justiciary
Derived terms: activist justice
bed of justice
bring to justice
chief justice
climate justice
commutative justice
court of justice
cyberjustice
distributive justice
divine justice
do justice
ecojustice
economic justice
e-justice
examining justice
fugitive from justice
in the furtherance of justice
in the interest of justice
Jedburgh justice
Jeddart justice
Jedwood justice
Jersey justice
jungle justice
justiceable
justice delayed is justice denied
justice-involved
justice is blind
Justice League
justiceless
justice-like
justicement
justice of the peace
justicer
justiceship
justices' justice
Justice Society
minister of justice
miscarriage of justice
misjustice
no justice no peace
obstruction of justice
open justice
palm tree justice
poetical justice
poetic justice
puisne justice
reproductive justice
restorative justice
rough justice
scales of justice
single justice procedure
social justice
social justice warrior
street justice
strict justice
telejustice
territorial justice
Texas justice
transformative justice
unjustice
unwhipped of justice
victor's justice
Related terms: just
justiciable
justiciar
unjust
fairness