justice
nounEtymology
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).
Definitions
The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
- 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.
The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of…
The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
- Justice was served.
Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
- to demand justice
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The civil power dealing with law.
- Ministry of Justice
- the justice system
A title given to judges of certain courts
A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.
- 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.
Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
- 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.
The title of a justice of court.
A surname originating as an occupation.
A male or female given name from English from the abstract noun justice.
- Justice, the elder, was his only son and heir to the Great Place, and Nomafu was the regent's daughter.
A place in the United States
A place in the United States:
The neighborhood
Derived
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at justice. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at justice. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at justice
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA