justice
Meaning
- The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
- The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
- Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
- The civil power dealing with law.
- A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.
- Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
Synonyms
propriety
moral law
public road
correct meaning
net of the law
great cause
social morality
moral principle
extension of justice
judicial system
Frequency
Hyphenated as
jus‧tice
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈd͡ʒʌstɪs/
Etymology
In summary
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. Displaced native Old English rihtwīsnes.
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