justice
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
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).
Inflected forms:
form: justices
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the justice of a description
This even-handed justice / Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips.
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.
gloss: The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Justice was served.
gloss: Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: to demand justice
gloss: The civil power dealing with law.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Ministry of Justice
the justice system
gloss: A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court
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.
gloss: Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
Antonyms: injustice
Related words: just
justiciable
justiciar
unjust
fairness
Derived words: 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
flat is justice
fugitive from justice
in the furtherance of justice
in the interest of justice
Jedburgh justice
Jeddart justice
Jedwood justice
Jersey justice
jungle justice
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
prison justice
puisne justice
reproductive justice
restorative justice
rough justice
scales of justice
single justice procedure
social justice
social justice warrior
spatial justice
street justice
strict justice
telejustice
territorial justice
Texas justice
transformative justice
transitional justice
unjustice
unwhipped of justice
victor's justice
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