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ALL meanings of justice

jus·tice
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  • noun justice Just behavior or treatment. 1
  • noun justice Donald, 1925–2004, U.S. poet. 1
  • noun justice a town in NE Illinois. 1
  • idioms justice bring to justice, to cause to come before a court for trial or to receive punishment for one's misdeeds: The murderer was brought to justice. 1
  • idioms justice do justice, to act or treat justly or fairly. to appreciate properly: We must see this play again to do it justice. to acquit in accordance with one's abilities or potentialities: He finally got a role in which he could do himself justice as an actor. 1
  • noun justice fairness 1
  • noun justice title: Judge 1
  • noun justice Department of Justice 1
  • noun justice administration of law 1
  • noun justice validity 1
  • uncountable noun justice Justice is fairness in the way that people are treated. 0
  • uncountable noun justice The justice of a cause, claim, or argument is its quality of being reasonable, fair, or right. 0
  • uncountable noun justice Justice is the legal system that a country uses in order to deal with people who break the law. 0
  • countable noun justice A justice is a judge. 0
  • noun justice Justice is used before the names of judges. 0
  • noun justice the quality or fact of being just 0
  • noun justice the principle of fairness that like cases should be treated alike 0
  • noun justice a particular distribution of benefits and burdens fairly in accordance with a particular conception of what are to count as like cases 0
  • noun justice the principle that punishment should be proportionate to the offence 0
  • noun justice the administration of law according to prescribed and accepted principles 0
  • noun justice conformity to the law; legal validity 0
  • noun justice a judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature 0
  • noun justice good reason (esp in the phrase with justice) 0
  • noun justice the quality of being righteous; rectitude 0
  • noun justice impartiality; fairness 0
  • noun justice the quality of being right or correct 0
  • noun justice sound reason; rightfulness; validity 0
  • noun justice reward or penalty as deserved; just deserts 0
  • noun justice the use of authority and power to uphold what is right, just, or lawful 0
  • noun justice the personification of this, usually a blindfolded goddess holding scales and a sword 0
  • noun justice the administration of law; procedure of a law court 0
  • noun justice judge (sense 1) 0
  • noun justice justice of the peace 0
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