English Explanatory Dictionary

justice

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
  2. The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
  3. Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
  4. The civil power dealing with law.
  5. A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.
  6. Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
noun
  1. The title of a justice of court.
name
  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. A male or female given name from English from the abstract noun justice.
  3. A place in the United States:
  4. A village in Cook County, Illinois.
  5. An unincorporated community in Franklin County, North Carolina.
  6. A census-designated place in Rogers County, Oklahoma.
  7. A census-designated place in Mingo County, West Virginia.

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/ En-us-justice.ogg /ˈd͡ʒɐs.tɪs/ /ˈd͡ʒɐs.təs/

Word forms

justice justices Jestice Justiss

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).

Synonyms

justiciar justiciary doomsman judg judge justice justicer

Antonyms

injustice

Related words

just justiciable justiciar unjust fairness Injustice Judge

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
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