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Definitions for Justice

[1] the quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness: to uphold the justice of a cause.
[2] rightfulness or lawfulness, as of a claim or title; justness of ground or reason: to complain with justice.
[3] the moral principle determining just conduct.
[4] conformity to this principle, as manifested in conduct; just conduct, dealing, or treatment.
[5] the administering of deserved punishment or reward.
[6] the maintenance or administration of what is just by law, as by judicial or other proceedings: a court of justice.
[7] judgment of persons or causes by judicial process: to administer justice in a community.
[8] a judicial officer; a judge or magistrate.
[9] (initial capital letter ) Also called Justice Department. the Department of Justice.
[10] 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.
[11] 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.
[12] Donald, 1925–2004, U.S. poet.
[13] a town in NE Illinois.
[14] the quality or fact of being just
[15] ethics the principle of fairness that like cases should be treated alike a particular distribution of benefits and burdens fairly in accordance with a particular conception of what are to count as like cases the principle that punishment should be proportionate to the offence
[16] the administration of law according to prescribed and accepted principles
[17] conformity to the law; legal validity
[18] a judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature
[19] short for justice of the peace
[20] good reason (esp in the phrase with justice ) he was disgusted by their behaviour, and with justice
[21] do justice to to show to full advantage the picture did justice to her beauty to show full appreciation of by action he did justice to the meal to treat or judge fairly
[22] do oneself justice to make full use of one's abilities
[23] bring to justice to capture, try, and usually punish (a criminal, an outlaw, etc)

Words related to Justice

right, honesty, authority, truth, law, integrity, judge, court, charter, code, sentence, correction, justness, hearing, redress, sanction, litigation, decree, review, impartiality

Words nearby Justice

just the ticket, just what the doctor ordered, just-in-time, justaucorps, juste-milieu, justice, justice court, justice in eyre, justice of the peace, justice of the peace court, justice's court

Origin of Justice

1150–1200; Middle English < Old French < Latin jūstitia, equivalent to jūst(us ) just1 + -itia -ice

Words that may be confused with Justice

judge, justice, (see, synonym, study, at, judge)

Other words from Justice

jus·tice·less , adjective

Word origin for Justice

C12: from Old French, from Latin jūstitia, from justus just

Synonyms for Justice

authority, due process, honesty, integrity, law, right, truth, amends, appeal, authorization, charter, code, compensation, consideration, correction, credo, creed, decree, equity, evenness, hearing, impartiality, judicatory, judicature, justness, legality, legalization, legitimacy, litigation, penalty, reasonableness, recompense, rectitude, redress, reparation, review, rule, sanction, sentence, constitutionality, fair play, fair treatment, legal process, square deal